Understanding Art 1: Western Art

Written by: Joseph Darracott

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Cover picture:

Still Life with Beer Mug,

1921. Fernand Léger, oil on canvas,91 x 60cm. The Tate Gallery, London © DACS 1991Back picture:

The Return from Egypt III,

1993. Michael Kenny, mixed media on paper, 112 x 1153cm. After Poussin’s

Flight into Egypt

. A work done during residency at Dulwich Picture Gallery, and an example of a creative variantmentioned in Assignment 4 – Part One.

Joseph Darracott, author of this and second level art history courses for OCA, died in March 1998, aged 64.