Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images - Softcover

Barrett, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1559345268 ISBN 13: 9781559345262

Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Co ,U.S., 1996

Synopsis

This brief text is designed to help both beginning and advanced students of photography better develop and articulate thoughtful criticism. Organized around the major activities of criticism (describing, interpreting, evaluating, and theorizing), Criticizing Photographs provides a clear framework and vocabulary for students' critical skill development. The fourth edition includes new black and white and color images, updated commentary, a completely revised chapter on theory that offers a broad discussion of digital images, and an expanded chapter eight on studio critiques and writing about photographs, plus examples of student writing and critique.

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:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Co ,U.S.
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1559345268
• ISBN 13: 9781559345262
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 224