CMP Review 2024-04-30

April 30, 2024

Can the appreciation of art be taught?

The first appointed lecturer of the National Gallery, S.C. Kaines Smith, explores this question with wit and humor—all while holding the child in high esteem. He also offers another method of picture study by hanging two pictures that are alike in subject, but different in atmosphere.

Read or listen to Kaines Smith’s charming anecdotes in the latest article in our series on picture study. Find it here.

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