Art and Representation by John Willats
Presents a fresh theory of pictures. This title develops a vocabulary for describing the representational systems in pictures: the ways in which artists, engineers, photographers, mapmakers, and children represent objects. It analyzes the representational systems in pictures by artists from a variety of periods and cultures.
In sum, Willats offers clear applications of his ideas to an immense diversity of pictures from various sourcesHis tour de force will be the jumping-off point for most picture-perception researchers in the near future... It will shape debate about drawing development for many years. -- John M. Kennedy, Nature Art and Representation contains many important distinctions between the various types of drawings made in the history of the world and their different functions. It is the most synthetic attempt I know of to describe precisely what elements actually constitute a drawn line... Willats' insistence on looking very precisely at seemingly the most scattered and accidental marks in children's art, will make the charming drawings on your refrigerator seem at times like highly elaborate encoded signs, which indeed they are. One of the benefits of Willats' dogged cataloguing is that you will never be able to look at a child's drawing, or perhaps any drawing, the same way again. -- Mark Andres, >The Boston Book Review Willats's original and subtle approach to the complexities of visual representation should topple some sacred cows and generate lively discussion. -- "Choice
John Willats, a sculptor and lecturer on the formal structures in pictures, is the coauthor with Fred Dubery of Drawings Systems and Perspective and Other Drawing Systems. He has published widely in journals, including Perception, Child Development, and The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Willats is an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Birmingham, England.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691087375 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691087377 |
| Title | Art and Representation |
| Author | John Willats |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 1997-05-04 |
| Number of pages | 392 |
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