Art Subjects

Author : Howard Singerman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520921437
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art Subjects written by Howard Singerman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly every artist under the age of fifty in the United States today has a Master of Fine Arts degree. Howard Singerman's thoughtful study is the first to place that degree in its proper historical framework and ideological context. Arguing that where artists are trained makes a difference in the forms and meanings they produce, he shows how the university, with its disciplined organization of knowledge and demand for language, played a critical role in the production of modernism in the visual arts. Now it is shaping what we call postmodernism: like postmodernist art, the graduate university stresses theory and research over manual skills and traditional techniques of representation. Singerman, who holds an M.F.A. in sculpture as well as a Ph.D. in Visual and Cultural Studies, is interested in the question of the artist as a "professional" and what that word means for and about the fashioning of artists. He begins by examining the first campus-based art schools in the 1870s and goes on to consider the structuring role of women art educators and women students; the shift from the "fine arts" to the "visual arts"; the fundamental grammar of art laid down in the schoolroom; and the development of professional art training in the American university. Singerman's book reveals the ways we have conceived of art in the past hundred years and have institutionalized that conception as atelier activity, as craft, and finally as theory and performance.

Author : Kenyon Cox
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Artist and Public, and Other Essays on Art Subjects written by Kenyon Cox and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Artist and Public, and Other Essays on Art Subjects' is a collection of insightful essays by Kenyon Cox, exploring the state of the art world at the time, including the emerging modernist and impressionist movements. Cox delves into the intricacies of composition and design, drawing inspiration from renowned painters like Millet and Raphael. The latter half of the book shines a light on American art, with a particular focus on the life and works of Augustus Saint Gaudens, a sculptor whom Cox personally knew.

Author : Howard Singerman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520215023
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art Subjects written by Howard Singerman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-03-31 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Few sites within the university open a richer critical reflection than that of the M.F.A., with its complex crossing of professionalism, theory, humanistic knowledge, and the absolute exposure of practice. Howard Singerman's Art Subjects does a magnificent job of both laying out our current crises, letting us see the shards of past practices embedded in them, and of demonstrating—rendering urgent and discussable—what it now means either to assume or award the name of the artist."—Stephen Melville, author of Seams, editor of Vision and Textuality "Art Subjects is a must read for anyone interested in both the education and status of the visual artist in America. With careful attention to detail and nuance, Singerman presents a compelling picture of the peculiarly institutional myth of the creative artist as an untaught and unteachable being singularly well adapted to earn a tenure position at a major research university. A fascinating study, thoroughly researched yet oddly, and movingly, personal."—Thomas Lawson, Dean, Art School, CalArts

Author : Claudia Nice
Publisher : North Light Books
ISBN 13 : 9781581804331
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sketching Your Favorite Subjects in Pen & Ink written by Claudia Nice and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 2002-11-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sketching Your Favorite Subjects in Pen & Ink, Claudia Nice covers all aspects of pen and ink drawing. You'll find complete instruction for and demonstration of techniques such as crosshatching, stippling, texture and value contrasts, as well as the use of contour, parallel and scribble lines. All of theses techniques are illustrated throughout by the author's striking works. You'll find chapters detailing: Houses and Buildings: using freehand and architectural styles, learn to detail barns, houses and cityscapes. Animals: draw realistic animals by focusing on anatomy, facial features and hair texture. The Plant Kingdom: learn to sketch plants, flowers, leaves and trees - from an individual flower to an entire forest. Faces and Figures: sketch realistic, dynamic figures and capture varying moods. Birds: learn to draw lifelike feathers, eyes, bills and feet. Waterscapes: capture the reflections of a quiet brook and the spray of crashing surf.

Author : Pamela Sachant
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning written by Pamela Sachant and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning offers a deep insight and comprehension of the world of Art. Contents: What is Art? The Structure of Art Significance of Materials Used in Art Describing Art - Formal Analysis, Types, and Styles of Art Meaning in Art - Socio-Cultural Contexts, Symbolism, and Iconography Connecting Art to Our Lives Form in Architecture Art and Identity Art and Power Art and Ritual Life - Symbolism of Space and Ritual Objects, Mortality, and Immortality Art and Ethics

Author : Charles Samuel Farrar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art Topics written by Charles Samuel Farrar and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anna Chave
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300049619
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mark Rothko written by Anna Chave and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visual analysis of the New York School painter, which examines the structure of Rothko's paintings while arguing that they implement traces of certain basic, symbolically charged pictorial conventions.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385217121
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Papers on Art Educational Subjects written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-10-20 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Author : James Hall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429973586
Total Pages : 775 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art written by James Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 775 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The understanding and enjoyment of a work of art depends as much on the story it depicts as on the artist's execution of it. But what were once biblical or classical commonplaces are not so readily recognizable today. This book relates in a succinct and readable way the themes, sacred and secular, on which the repertoire of Western art is based. Combined here in a single volume are religious, classical, and historical themes, figures of moral allegory, and characters from romantic poetry that appeared throughout paintings and sculpture in Western art before and after the Renaissance. More than just a dictionary, this text places these subjects in their narrative, historical, or mythological context and uses extensive cross-referencing to enhance and clarify the meanings of these themes for the reader. The definitive work by which others are compared, this volume has become an indispensable handbook for students and general appreciators alike. This wholly redesigned second edition includes a new insert of images chosen by the author, as well as a new preface and index to highlight the ideas, beliefs, and social and religious customs that form the background of much of this subject matter.

Author : Scranton Public Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Index Catalog of the Scranton Public Library Authors and Subjects, June 30, 1902 written by Scranton Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: