Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images - Softcover

Barrett, Terry

 
9781559345262: Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images

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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

A text which aims to help students to understand contemporary images by engaging them in the study of criticism and the critical appraisal of photographs. It includes definitions of contemporary contexts such as modernism, postmodernism and feminism, and models of criticism for students to emulate.

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