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Writing about visual art / David Carrier.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carrier, David, 1944-
- Series:
- Aesthetics today
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art criticism--Authorship.
- Art criticism.
- Description (Rhetoric).
- Physical Description:
- xx, 204 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Allworth Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- - Offers a clear and sensible account of the history and practice of art writing, and how it promotes and supports visual thinking- Links art writing to the museum, the gallery, and to theory, and examines its role with each- Author is coeditor of CAA, Reviews, has published work in major art publications, and been interviewed on NPR
- Contents:
- Part 1 Art Writing Narratives
- Chapter 1 Beginnings in Art Writing 31
- Chapter 2 Endings in Narrative Art Histories 59
- Chapter 3 The Presentness of Visual Art 81
- Part 2 Doing Things with Words
- Chapter 4 Museum Narratives 119
- Chapter 5 Art Gallery Narratives 149
- Chapter 6 Defining Art: How We Do Things with Words 177.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1581152612
- OCLC:
- 50906122
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