Criticizing Art: Understanding the Contemporary - Softcover

Barrett, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 076741165X ISBN 13: 9780767411653

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1999

Synopsis

Designed as a supplementary text, this book helps students of art and art history better understand contemporary art by engaging them in the study of criticism and the practice of critically considering contemporary forms of art.

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About the Author

Terry Barrett is Professor of Art Education, with a joint appointment in the Department of Art, at The Ohio State University, where he is the recipient of a distinguished teaching award for courses in criticism and aesthetics within education. He has authored four books: Interpreting Art: Reflecting, Wondering and Responding; Criticizing Art: Understanding the Contemporary (2nd ed.); Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images (4th ed.); and Talking about Student Art. He edited the anthology Lessons for Teaching Art Criticism, published articles in Aesthetic Education, Afterimage, Art Education, Exposure, Camera-Lucida, Dialogue, Cultural Research in Art Education, New Advocate, New Art Examiner, Studies in Art Education, Teaching Artist Journal, Theory into Practice, Visual Arts Research, and many chapters in edited books. He is an art critic in education for the Ohio Arts Council, consults museum education departments, juries exhibitions, and conducts workshops on studio critiques and writing.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 076741165X
• ISBN 13: 9780767411653
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 208