I am uneducated, too. We don't go in for that fancy book-learnin' here.
My main reaction to the question was Shosta-who? That's probably a bad sign.
The only advice I had was re: art history - find a book that starts with cave paintings and ends with modern art and breaks down the symbolism (diagonal compositions = dramatic!) into easily digestible chunks. Then read from it. :D However, I see someone's already weighed in with an actual recommendation.
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Date: 2008-04-09 08:31 pm (UTC)My main reaction to the question was Shosta-who? That's probably a bad sign.
The only advice I had was re: art history - find a book that starts with cave paintings and ends with modern art and breaks down the symbolism (diagonal compositions = dramatic!) into easily digestible chunks. Then read from it. :D However, I see someone's already weighed in with an actual recommendation.