The Ginger Series: How to Look at a Painting (Paperback)

from Ireadthereforeiam

This book is part of the Ginger Series, a few of which I have read, and this is my favourite so far. Justin Paton writes in a very conversational style about art. All about it. His memories, his favourite few works of art, why art is necessary, why pretensions about art ruin it unnecessarily for ...

from yellowoasis

The title is a trick, because he doesn't tell you how to look at a painting, his message is, “just look”. It's as if he's saying, “I can tell you how to look at a painting, you'll see it from different eyes, you have different experiences, you'll bring different cultural baggage. Just go and look...

from yellowoasis

The title is a trick, because he doesn't tell you how to look at a painting, his message is, “just look”. It's as if he's saying, “I can tell you how to look at a painting, you'll see it from different eyes, you have different experiences, you'll bring different cultural baggage. Just go and look...