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Understanding Art - Scholastic
Art is one of humanity's oldest inventions. It existed long before a single farm was planted, before the first villages were built. Art was already thousands of years old when writing appeared; in fact, the letters of the first alphabets were pictures.
http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3753862
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How to Understand Art in 6 Easy Steps
Human beings have been making and benefiting from art for longer than our recorded history. While contemporary art might seem exclusive or confusing, all viewers have to do is meet the artist halfway. Here are six easy steps to help you appreciate art.
https://mic.com/articles/65509/how-to-understand-art-in-6-easy-steps#.EAGHPZwhO
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Tools for Understanding Art - Kahn Academy
How to analyze and understand art.
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history/art-history-basics/tools-understanding-art
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Understanding Art - The Bathers
Understanding Art - The Bathers by Paul Cezanne.
http://twistedsifter.com/videos/understanding-art-the-bathers-by-paul-cezanne/
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Tools for Understanding Art
Tools for understanding art | Art history basics | Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history-basics/tools-understanding-art
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Understanding Abstract Art
Need help understanding abstract art? If modern abstract art is a mystery to you, read this informative explanation of how to understand, experience and appreciate abstraction.
http://www.art-is-fun.com/understanding-abstract-art
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Three Simple Steps to Understand Art
What's the key to understanding art? Could there be some easy steps to unpacking the meaning of an artwork? The short answer is: yes.
http://theconversation.com/three-simple-steps-to-understand-art-look-see-think-33020
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Understanding Paintings
A beginner's guide to appreciating art (by Thomas Chacko).
https://understandingpaintings.wordpress.com
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Art Appreciation - Understanding the Qualities of Great Art
Our Art Appreciation page offers you free, illustrated, step-by-step tutorials on the greatest examples of drawing, painting and design throughout history.
http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/art_appreciation.html
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Art 101: Understanding Abstract Art - Artsicle
A basic primer on how to understand or interpret abstract art, through a quick and dirty run through of art history basics.
https://www.artsicle.com/blog/understanding-abstract-art
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How to Understand Art in 6 Easy Steps - Mic
Contemporary art may seem frustrating and baffling. Here's how to approach it.
http://mic.com/articles/65509/how-to-understand-art-in-6-easy-steps#.qPpsLAYhz
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How to Read a Painting - Lifehack
Art is a great status symbol in modern society and because of that it can be quite intimidating to the casual viewer. For many the first impulse is to blow it off, to see it as a worthless plaything for the rich and boring.
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/featured/how-to-read-a-painting.html
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How to Understand a Work of Art - Howcast
Learn to understand any artwork you come across in a fraction of the time it would take to get a degree in Art History.
http://www.howcast.com/videos/1145-how-to-understand-a-work-of-art/
