| The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern |  | Author: Carol Strickland
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 216
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 8.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0740768727
Dewey Decimal Number: 709
EAN: 9780740768729
Publication Date: October 1, 2007
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This second edition of Carol Strickland's The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern offers an illustrated tutorial of prehistoric to post-modern art from cave paintings to video art installations to digital and Internet media.Featuring succinct page-length essays, instructive sidebars, and more than 300 photographs, The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern takes art history out of the realm of dreary textbooks, demystifies jargon and theory, and makes art accessible—even at a cursory reading. From Stonehenge to the Guggenheim and from Holbein to Warhol, more than 25,000 years of art is distilled into five sections covering a little more than 200 pages.
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 The History of Art, explained! April 11, 2010
Olivia James (Chicago, IL USA)
Carol Strickland has written one of the most entertaining, comprehensive, and comprehensible books on art history currently on the market. Not only does she provide soundbites on the meaning, style, and creation of selected works (which are produced in beautiful, truthful images) she gives information about the lives of the artists. This book is probably one of the most inclusive and up-to-date works on this subject you will find. I have found it extraordinarily helpful in studying for the AP Art History exam and for the class in art history I am taking. (Recommended: reading the book's summary and volunteering your information from it in class.) If you are looking for a book to help you in that test, look no further. Even for those reading the subject merely for fun, Strickland's writing style is easy and fun to read, and bridges the often yawning gap between the art world and the real world. She shows a true gift for taking an overwhelming, sprawling subject and making ordered, objective sense of it.
Perfect Aid for the Praxis test February 13, 2010
Pepe V (NJ)
This book is well-written and very interesting. I used it to study for the Praxis II Art Content Knowledge exam. It made studying seem fun.
 Great for art history review February 3, 2010
L. Haberly
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I used this guide to review and study for the Praxis II art content test, and it was quite useful. As someone who majored in art history in college I can say they did a pretty good job at not only including the essentials, but organizing them in a comprehensive manner. My only complaint is that it includes very little non-western art.
Great study book December 9, 2009
J. Ward (Boston, MA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I go to an art college and I'm majoring in art education. I bought this book in order to study for the art history section of my state's standardized test for educators license and it's proved invaluable. I've taken quite a few actual art history classes (mostly surveys of Western Art History) and this book does focuses almost exclusively on Western AH - so if you need information on African Art, Eastern, Pacific Islands, etc....you'll need another book. But this is a great review book that's easy to read (I read 10 pages a day for 20 days to study for the test and it was very very easy) -- especially if you've taken AH courses and just need a refresher.
Mona Lisa-Annotated History of Art June 27, 2009
Pamela Holland (Austin TX)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was getting ready to add art to my teacher certificate and this book was recommended by a workshop artist/professor as a study guide to get ready for the test. It is a very clear guide, and will be very useful.
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