Art is often hidden behind meaningless and alienating jargon that distances it from our realities and concerns . In this short text, Dana Arnold goes beyond traditional approaches to art introductions to start from the most essential motivations of the artist, with which, as human beings, we can feel totally identified. The ideal companion to start understanding art, this book manages to reverse our gaze and reformulates this universe for us from a new, accessible and stimulating approach .
Dana Arnold is Professor of Architectural History and Theory at the University of East Anglia in the UK. She is the author of Art History: A Very Short Introduction, which has been translated into twelve languages. His most recent texts include A Companion to British Art , Art History: Contemporary Perspectives on Method , and Biographies and Space .
