Chapter 1 Introduction: How the Book Originated 1
Chapter 2 What Is Visual Art?: Some Basic Definitions 5
Chapter 3 Art Vocabulary: Art Terms and How to Use Them 23
Chapter 4 Twenty Questions … and One More for Good Measure 45
Chapter 5 Art Speak: Quotes by Famous Artists 69
Chapter 6 Looking at Art: General Criteria 75
Chapter 7 More Looking: Specific Criteria 97
Chapter 8 Subject and Master: Figurative Art 129
Chapter 9 Subject and Master: Landscape 163
Chapter 10 Subject and Master: Still Life 187
Chapter 11 Subject and Master: Abstraction 197
Chapter 12 Subject and Master: Sculpture and Other Artistic Practices 213
Chapter 13 A Closer took: Decoding Works of Art 233
Chapter 14 The Future of Art: Where We Go from Here 287
Appendix A Art Games: Sharpen Your New Skills 293
Appendix B List of Images 315
Acknowledgments 337
Index 339