Seeing Like an Artist: What Artists Perceive in the Art of Others

"Beguiling and informative"--Wall Street Journal

Learn to see art as an artist does. Discover how a painting's composition or a sculpture's spatial structure influence the experience of what you're seeing. With an artist as your guide, viewing art becomes a powerfully enriching experience that will stay in your mind long after you've left a museum.

A visit to view art can be overwhelming, exhausting, and unrewarding. Lincoln Perry wants to change that. In fifteen essays--each framed around a specific theme--he provides new ways of seeing and appreciating art.

Drawing heavily on examples from the European traditions of art, Perry aims to overturn assumptions and asks readers to re-think artistic prejudices while rebuilding new preferences. Included are essays on how artists "read" paintings, how scale and format influence viewers, how to engage with sculptures and murals, as well as guides to some of the great museums and churches of Europe.

Seeing Like an Artist is for any artist, art-lover, or museumgoer who wants to grow their appreciation for the art of others.


Author: Lincoln Perry
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Published: 10/04/2022
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781567926996


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/11/2022
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2022

About the Author
Perry, Lincoln: -

Lincoln Perry's distinctive landscapes, figurative paintings, and sculptures have been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions across the country. His large-scale murals can be found in landmark buildings such as the Met Life building in St. Louis and the John Hancock Tower in Boston. The University of Virginia Press published the monograph, Lincoln Perry's Charlottesville, which included an essay and interview by his wife, Ann Beattie. A frequent contributor to American Scholar, Mr. Perry divides his time between Maine, Virginia, and Florida.