Drawing investigations : graphic relationships with science, culture and environment / Sarah Casey and Gerry Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Casey, Sarah (Artist and lecturer), author.

Davis, Gerry, author.

Series:

Drawing in

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drawing.

Art and science.

Drawing--Technique.

Drawing--Philosophy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"Using close visual analysis of drawings, artist interviews, critical analysis and exegesis, Drawing Investigations examines how artists use drawing as an investigative tool to reveal information that would otherwise remain unseen and unnoticed. How does drawing add shape to ideas? How does the artist accommodate to challenges and restraints of a particular environment? To what extent is a drawing complementary and continuous with its subject and where is it disruptive and provocative? Casey and Davies address these questions while focusing on artists working collaboratively and the use of drawing in challenging or unexpected environments. Drawing Investigations evaluates the emergence of a way of thinking among an otherwise disconnected group of artists by exploring commonalities in the application of analytical drawing to the natural world, urban environment, social forces and lived experience. Examples represent a spectrum of research in international contexts: an oceanographic Institute in California, the archives of Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, the Antarctic Survey, geothermal research in Japan and the Kurdish diaspora in Iraq. Issues are situated in the contemporary theory and practice of drawing including relationships to historical precedents. By exploring drawing's capacity to capture and describe experience, to sharpen visual faculties and to bridge embodied and conceptual knowledge, Drawing Investigations offers a fresh critical perspective on contemporary drawing practice."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Drawing on the past: a historical context for graphic investigations

2. Seeing Inside: drawing in the body

3. Visualising the Invisible: drawing mathematics and the cosmos

4. On Unfamiliar Ground: drawing environment, place and space

5. Traces of Life: drawing history and culture

6. Front Lines: drawing war, conflict and the law

7. Drawing Conclusions

Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 23, 2020).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781350164567

9781350164550

1350164550

9781350164543

1350164542

OCLC:

1159408585

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.