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Digital edition published in 2015
Digital edition: 978-1-62788-558-4
Hardcover edition: 978-1-63159-030-6
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Parks, John A., 1952-
Universal principles of art : 100 key concepts for understanding, analyzing, and practicing art / John A A Parks.
pages cm
ISBN 978-1-63159-030-6 (paperback)
1. Art--Dictionaries. I. Title.
N33.P38 2014
703--dc23
2014025501
Design: Bryn Freeman
Cover Images: Grande Odalisque by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres; Portrait of Picasso by Juan Gris; Noc sculpture, Nigeria; Nine Jackies by Andy Warhol (image courtesy of Alamy).