THIS EBOOK CONTAINS
• Looking at Your "A.Q." - Aesthetic Quotient
Ideas, People, Places, Books to Help You Step Up Your "Aesthetic Quotient" What to Look for
in Museums • Visiting with Artists
• The Forms Art Takes
Looking at Prints • How Prints Are Made • Wood Cuts and Wood Engravings • Intaglio Methods
• Lithographs • Stencil Process • Japanese Prints • Early Prints • The Ways of Drawing The
Kinds of Drawings • Buying Drawings • The World of Water Colors Recent Developments •
Qualities of Water Colors • Tempera, Gouache • The Many Forms of Sculpture Wood Sculpture •
Stone Sculpture • Terra Cotta • Bronze Sculpture • Welded Sculpture • Slate Sculpture •
Bas-Reliefs and Friezes • The New Forms • Visiting the Foundry • Ceramics and Enamels •
Primitive Sculpture Oil Paintings Their Abundance • How to Look at Them • Variations
• But Is It Art?
Arts Opposed to Crafts • The Historical Look • Fraktur Paintings • Artifacts • Illustrated
Books • Posters Reproductions • Some Pros and Cons • Oil Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture
• Ready to Buy
General Criteria and Specific Pointers • Investment or Beauty? • Beware of "Autographs" •
The Matter of "Quality" • Understanding and Appreciating the Artist • Choosing Your Field •
Picking the Best
• Look Now—Buy Later
How to See and Buy at Art Galleries and Auctions • A Close Look at Art Dealers •
Negotiating • Fakes and Forgeries • Exercising Care at Auctions • Principles for Auction
Buying • Enjoying Galleries
• A Galaxy of Galleries
Who Sells What, Where, and How • The Leading Galleries—Profiles • A Table of Galleries:
Artists, Fields, Prices, Viewpoints
• The Added Touch
Framing, Hanging, Lighting Your Collection • A Basic Rule • Suggestions for Hanging •
Moving Your Pictures • The Importance of the Wall • Colors for Your Wall • Lighting •
Frames and Framers • Some Pointers
• You've Collected It ... Protect It
Some Points About Insuring Your Collection • Establishing the Value of Your Collection •
Listing "Risks" Involved • Insurance Policies and Various Coverages
• The Picture Ahead
Art's Present and Probable Future • The Matter of Art as an Investment • Bright Prospects
• New Frontiers
"Discovering" Old Painters • Finding New Ones • The Many Sources • Some Case Histories •
Personal Recollections • The World Over • Pitfalls
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Nigel Thomas
The object of art is to give life a shape.'
William Shakespeare
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