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From The Publisher: This Best-selling Text Has Guided Tens Of Thousands Of Art Students Through The Writing Process. 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. For Art Courses Where There Is A Writing Component. 1. Writing About Art -- What Is Art? -- Why Write About Art? -- The Writer's Audience As A Collaborator -- The Functions Of Critical Writing -- Some Words About Critical Thinking -- A Sample Critical Essay -- Whistler's Japanese Mother / Douglas Lee -- The Essay Analyzed -- A Note On Outlining -- What Is An Interpretation, And Are All Interpretations Equally Valid? -- Interpretation And Interpretations -- Who Creates Meaning, Artist Or Viewer? -- When We Look, Do We See A Masterpiece, Or Ourselves -- The Relevance Of Context : The Effect Of The Museum And The Picture Book -- Arguing An Interpretation : Supporting A Thesis -- Expressing Opinions : The Writer's 1 -- 2. Writing About Art : A Crash Course -- Standing Back : Kinds Of Writing -- Close-up : Drafting The Essay -- Checklist Of Basic Matters -- 3. Analytic Thinki

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Author
Barnet, Sylvan
Publisher
Pearson Prentice Hall
Published
2008
Language
EN
ISBN
9780136138556
Category
art
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Reference, Fiction
Rating
3.85 / 5 (394 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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