Teaching Art: Academies and Schools from Vasari to Albers - Hardcover

Goldstein, Carl

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052148099X ISBN 13: 9780521480994

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Teaching Art is the first book to examine the history of art training from the Renaissance to the present. Addressing the question whether art can be taught, Carl Goldstein describes how the secrets of such masters as the Carracci, Rembrandt, and David were passed on from generation to generation. He also analyses the conceptual framework for teaching in the great academies, such as those in Paris and London. This book treats the academic tradition from the point of view of the artist and thus practice, the making of art, is the focus throughout. Also considered in this unique and innovative study is the training of women, who were excluded from traditional academies and treated as inferiors in the modern schools. Goldstein concludes with an overview of current methods for the teaching of art at the university level and their impact on contemporary art.

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Book Description:

Teaching Art is the first book to examine the history of art training from the Renaissance to the present. Goldstein reveals how before the nineteenth-century notion of genius was introduced, artists were learning a craft - anyone could become an artist with the proper training. Addressing the question whether art can be taught, Carl Goldstein describes how the secrets of such masters as the Carracci and Rembrandt were passed on from generation to generation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 052148099X
• ISBN 13: 9780521480994
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352