Art Excursions
One of the things keeping me from posting more often (or one of the things I've been using to procrastinate from posting more often) is a redoubled effort to understand art history better. Most of the sources are things I've browsed before, but haven't completed. If you're interested in my bibliography, here it is - Understanding Western Art: Stories, Styles, and Masterworks - Noah Charney This is a Great Courses Audible selection (with accompanying PDF) split into 25 lectures. Each of the lectures contrasts two main works of art to address the declared theme of the given lecture. I've completed both the Audible series and the PDF. The Annotated Mona Lisa - Carol Strickland The book that started it all for me. It's a survey of various periods in history (again focusing on Western art). I've picked through it in the 10+ years I've owned it, but never read it cover to cover. I'm attempting to do that now, and I'm about halfway through...
