What is painting?
Subtitle: representation and modern art
By: Julian Bell.
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Painting, Modern.
Description: ""Yes, but is it art?" This lucid book by Julian Bell, himself a painter, confronts the uncertainty and suspicion many people feel about art today, and challenges generally accepted ideas while addressing questions such as: What is it that defines paintings? What does the age-old practice of painting amount to at the turn of the twenty-first century? What happened to the idea of representation in modern art?"--BOOK JACKET.

"This is a book for everyone interested in understanding modern art, or in making art themselves."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.