Line let loose : scribbling, doodling and automatic drawing / David Maclagan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maclagan, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drawing--History.

Drawing.

Drawing, Abstract.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Reaktion Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As forms of drawing go, scribbling is the most basic: it is seen as playing a formative role in the drawings of both children and primates. Doodling, while still being a widespread phenomenon, is largely an adult preoccupation-a nomadic form of drawing typically produced during meetings and phone calls. But even though those who engage in it are not necessarily trained artists, automatic drawing is a more dramatic event, and the results of an absentminded or trancelike state are sometimes astonishing. Because of their amateur and spontaneous character, all three forms of drawing have been

Contents:

Cover; Line Let Loose: Scribbling, Doodling and Automatic Drawing; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; 1. From Innocence to Experience; 2. The Career of the Scribble; 3. The Doodle and Beyond; 4. Early Automatic Drawing; 5. Automatism, the Unconscious and Modern Art; 6. Meta-Doodles and Other Elaborations; Conclusion; References; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 9, 2014).

ISBN:

9781780231310

1780231318

OCLC:

881184011