Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images - Softcover

Barrett, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0767411862 ISBN 13: 9780767411868

Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Co ,U.S., 1999

Synopsis

Focusing on writings rather than images, Barrett (art education, Ohio State U.) shows beginning and experienced photography students how to use criticism to further their own understanding of photography. The chapters focus on description, interpretation, evaluation, and theory and provide a sound b

About this title

About the Author:

Terry Barrett is a Professor of Art Education at Ohio State University. He holds M.A. and Ph.D degrees from Ohio State University in Art Education with a concentration in Photography. He is the author of Criticizing Photographs, of Criticizing Art: Understanding the Contemporary, of Talking about Student Art, and the editor of a volume entitled Lessons for Teaching Art Criticism. He has also served as the senior editor of the research journal, Studies in Art Education. Professor Barrett has been a Visiting Scholar to The Getty Educational Institute for the Arts in Los Angeles, CA and a Visiting Scholar of Education at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona.

Synopsis:

Focusing on writings rather than images, Barrett (art education, Ohio State U.) shows beginning and experienced photography students how to use criticism to further their own understanding of photography. The chapters focus on description, interpretation, evaluation, and theory and provide a sound basis for anyone to begin to look at photographs wi

About this edition

• Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Co ,U.S.
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0767411862
• ISBN 13: 9780767411868
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 240