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Best Art and Photography Books

Art is a diverse field of many forms such as drawing, painting, sculpture, art, photography. When we talk of art, we can immediately think of painters such as Vincent Van Gogh and Picasso.  There are many theories of art and photography that emerged in the nineteenth century.  You can read books on theories of art history on Bookswagon.ae  

Methods and Theories of Art 

You can read about theories of art history and artist's work that created a revolution.  The philosophy and theories of art address a broad spectrum of issues that arise from a wide variety of objects of attention. The objects of attention range from art in caves to postmodern art.  Theories of art are about what makes ‘’art’’ good. This debate has been going on for quite some time.  The search for a perfect theory continues, but it will have no meaning. 

FormalismTheory 

Art is unique because it is open to interpretation. You may feel drawn to the style, or the form of a poem.  Formalism is a study of art that analyses form and style.  It also includes the way objects are made and their pure form, or material aspects.  In painting formalism implies compositional elements such as colour, line and texture. Formalism in art posits that everything comprehending a work of art is contained within a work of art. According to formalists, art can be represented in many different ways from real objects in life. A prerequisite of appreciating art is a sense of form and colour for formalists and for this book on colour theory must be looked at to understand principles and understanding of art.  

Best Art Theory Books

  • Art that Changed the World:  This book explores in detail the history of art from cave paintings to pop art to modern art.  This is an art encyclopaedia with colourful pictures. 
  • Colour and Light: A Researched study of art’s most fundamental themes.  Colour and light bridge the gap between abstract theory and practical knowledge. 

FormsofArt

Art Theories have led us to another topic and that is forms of art.  Art has different forms such as architecture, game design, literature, music and theatre. 

Game Design: It is a subset of game development involving the artistic aspects of creating video games.  Video art game design begins in the pre- production process of creating a video game.  Concept game designers make rough sketches, before the game is finalised.  These concept designs are called programmer art.  The art design of a game can involves from two people to more. 

Game Design is related to designing, shaping, systems and rules of the game.  Games can be created for any purpose: educational, recreational, exercise, or experimental purposes.  Game design theory is dependent on breaking it down into elements.  Game design deals with various elements of the game. Games can relate to strategic decision- making which is also an art. 

 

Books on Art of Game Theory

  • The Art of Game Design:  Good game design happens, when it can be viewed from different perspectives. This book is written by one of the top game designers.  It has 100 books for different lenses for viewing a game’s design encompassing diverse fields such as psychology, architecture, music, design and software.  It describes the deepest and fundamental principles of game design. It describes the tactics used in many board games and gives practical designs on how to make games faster.

  • Level up, the art of great video game design:  If you wish to design video games, then, the second edition of level up, the art of great video design is for you.  This teaches how to use marketable ideas for game designs.

Painting 

 This is also another form of art.  It is an expression of ideas and emotions with the structure of aesthetic qualities.  The elements of this language are used in painting are lines, colours and textures.  The creation of a work of art is the bringing of the combination of elements.  According to Aristotle, ‘’a work of art must have a beginning, middle and end and so, there are many theories of painting that differ in way, or the other and its effect could be sensory, cognitive, moral, religious or social.

Theories of Painting

Hedeonistic Theory:  According to this theory of art, the function of art is to produce one kind of effect on its audience and that is pleasure. 

Mimetic Theory: It suggests that art is an imitation of the world around us.  It is a reflection and representation of life.  The act of imitation serves as the bridge of painting and subjective experiences.

Painting Theory Books

  • The Story of Art:  This has been a global bestseller for half a century and the finest and most popular introduction ever written.  This is the story of art written from ancient to modern times.
  • Ways of Seeing: This is a unique book dealing with the different ways art can be viewed.  Sometimes, what the world is and what we see and sometimes, it is completely different. 

Photography 

  Photography is a form of art that means producing images. Photographs are present in every aspect of human life.  They are found in newspapers, magazines, advertisements, posters and television.

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