How art is made: the craft behind the masterpieces

Abstract

How Art Is Made looks at renowned works of art from across the centuries and around the globe and asks the intriguingly simple question - how were these works actually made?

Contents

Gold -- Mosaic -- Encaustic -- Ink -- Charcoal -- Chalk -- Pencil -- Opaque watercolour -- Tempera -- Fresco -- Oil -- Transparent watercolour -- Pastel -- Relief -- Lost wax casting -- Perspective -- Foreshortening -- Light and shadow -- Monochrome -- Brushwork -- Impasto -- En plein air -- Drip and flow -- Woodcut -- Engraving -- Etching -- Colour woodblock printing -- Lithography -- Screen printing -- Collage -- Graffiti -- Immersive spaces.