--- product_id: 4665667 title: "A Short Guide to Writing About Art" price: "£1.42" currency: GBP in_stock: false reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/4665667-a-short-guide-to-writing-about-art store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # A Short Guide to Writing About Art **Price:** £1.42 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A Short Guide to Writing About Art - **How much does it cost?** £1.42 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/4665667-a-short-guide-to-writing-about-art) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The best-selling guide to writing about art Sylvan Barnet’s A Short Guide to Writing About Art guides students through every aspect of writing about art. Students are shown how to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and are prepared with the tools they need to present their ideas through effective writing. Coverage of essential writing assignments includes formal analysis, comparison, research paper, review of an exhibition, and essay examination. New to the 11th edition is a chapter on “Virtual Exhibitions: Writing Text Panels and Other Materials.” Review: Universally Practical and Useful - This work is decades of expertise from a culmination of effort by several field specialists. A Short Guide to Writing About Art is a comprehensive work that covers several angels of writing applicable to not only art, but a world of topics. Believe this is a classroom essential for a variety of liberal arts, writing, and presentation/speaker fields. Each and every page offers useful in-the-field practical applications... just pick a page, ANY page, for useful information. Considerations highlighted by the author, editors, and publication teams that have put this together through the decades are timeless, universal, and constructive. A breath of fresh air in a morass of contemporary cryptic electronic communication blips. Review: This is a comprehensive guide to writing about art - Actually, this is a comprehensive guide to writing about art that covers a lot of ground: from debating "what is art" to differentiating between reviews and catalog entries, to discussing drafting and editing. This book gives a good introductory practical guide to writing interpretively about art. My only complaint is the cost. At almost $40, the price is extremely inflated for information that is so basic and for a dearth of illustrations. ## Features - A Short Guide to Writing About Art - Product Type: ABIS BOOK - Pearson ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #122,909 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #22 in Creative Writing & Composition #168 in Arts & Photography Criticism #793 in Writing Reference | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 326 Reviews | ## Images ![A Short Guide to Writing About Art - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41DB-WM2P4L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Universally Practical and Useful *by A***R on February 16, 2018* This work is decades of expertise from a culmination of effort by several field specialists. A Short Guide to Writing About Art is a comprehensive work that covers several angels of writing applicable to not only art, but a world of topics. Believe this is a classroom essential for a variety of liberal arts, writing, and presentation/speaker fields. Each and every page offers useful in-the-field practical applications... just pick a page, ANY page, for useful information. Considerations highlighted by the author, editors, and publication teams that have put this together through the decades are timeless, universal, and constructive. A breath of fresh air in a morass of contemporary cryptic electronic communication blips. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is a comprehensive guide to writing about art *by A***W on July 8, 2014* Actually, this is a comprehensive guide to writing about art that covers a lot of ground: from debating "what is art" to differentiating between reviews and catalog entries, to discussing drafting and editing. This book gives a good introductory practical guide to writing interpretively about art. My only complaint is the cost. At almost $40, the price is extremely inflated for information that is so basic and for a dearth of illustrations. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book! *by J***L on May 25, 2016* Bought this book for my art history class and it is VERY informative. There are sample essays in the book and it tells you what you should and shouldn't write which was very helpful when I was writing my essays. Overall, definitely recommend if you want to write about art or are taking an art class that requires writing an essay. ## Frequently Bought Together - A Short Guide to Writing About Art - Methods and Theories of Art History - Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/4665667-a-short-guide-to-writing-about-art](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/4665667-a-short-guide-to-writing-about-art) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-16*