Writing about Visual Art

Download or read book Writing about Visual Art written by David Carrier and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-03-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Carrier examines the history and practice of art writing and reveals its importance to the art museum, the art gallery, and aesthetic theory. Artists, art historians, and art lovers alike can gain fresh insight into how written descriptions of painting and sculpture affect the experience of art. Readers will learn how their reading can determine the way they see painting and sculpture, how interpretations of art transform meaning and significance, and how much-discussed work becomes difficult to see afresh.