Fine Art Painting and the Viewer: Exercises for Understanding Art

Fine Art Painting and the Viewer: Exercises for Understanding Art is intended for art teachers

and for all who would like to contemplate art more deeply, engage in discussion about it, and

perhaps create some art themselves. The methods listed have been illustrated using artworks

from the collection of the Latvian National Museum of Art.

The book summarizes the methods and tasks of exploring painting. They reflect different

ways of cognizing a work of art: descriptive, analytical, interpretative and evaluative. The
edition is aimed at art teachers, museum educators, art students and parents of children who want to
indulge in painting, talk about art, turn to creativity and teach it to others.
Full text both in Latvian and English

Authors: Ilze Kupca un Ilze Vītola; illustrator: Ruta Briede, Publisher: Mākslas izglītības centrs TRĪS KRĀSAS, 2025