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Picture This 25th Anniversary Edition: How Pictures Work
Molly Bang
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Description for Picture This 25th Anniversary Edition: How Pictures Work
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Bang, Molly. Num Pages: 152 pages, Full colour throughout. BIC Classification: ABA; AKLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 246 x 13. Weight in Grams: 616.
Molly Bang's brilliant, insightful, and accessible treatise is now revised and expanded for its 25th anniversary. Bang's powerful ideas-about how the visual composition of images works to engage the emotions, and how the elements of an artwork can give it the power to tell a story-remain unparalleled in their simplicity and genius. Why are diagonals dramatic? Why are curves calming? Why does red feel hot and blue feel cold? First published in 1991, Picture This has changed the way artists, illustrators, reviewers, critics and readers look at and understand art.
Molly Bang's brilliant, insightful, and accessible treatise is now revised and expanded for its 25th anniversary. Bang's powerful ideas-about how the visual composition of images works to engage the emotions, and how the elements of an artwork can give it the power to tell a story-remain unparalleled in their simplicity and genius. Why are diagonals dramatic? Why are curves calming? Why does red feel hot and blue feel cold? First published in 1991, Picture This has changed the way artists, illustrators, reviewers, critics and readers look at and understand art.
Product Details
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
San Francisco, United States
ISBN
9781452151991
SKU
V9781452151991
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Ref
99-50
About Molly Bang
Molly Bang is a legend in children's books, and has received three Caldecott Honors, a Kate Greenaway Honor, four Boston Globe-Horn Book Honors, a Hans Christian Anderson nomination, a Charlotte Zolotow Award, a Giverny Award and a Jane Addams Honor Award. She lives in California.
Reviews for Picture This 25th Anniversary Edition: How Pictures Work
Picture This is the Strunk and White of visual literacy. A must for anyone interested in reading and understanding images. -Brian Selznick, author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret An accessible and enjoyable introduction to understanding visual narrative. -School Library Connection