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Criticizing Photographs Terry Barrett

Criticizing Photographs By Terry Barrett

Criticizing Photographs by Terry Barrett

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Provides a framework and vocabulary for students' critical skill development. The fourth edition includes black and white and color images, commentary, a 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.

Criticizing Photographs Summary

Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images by Terry Barrett

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 Terry Barrett

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.

Table of Contents

Criticizing Photographs, Fourth Edition, Terry Barrett Tentative (10/20/04) 1. About Art Criticism Defining Criticism Sources of Criticism Kinds of Criticism The Backgrounds of Critics Stances Toward Criticism Relations Between Critics and Artists Criticizing Criticism The Value of Criticism 2. Describing Photographs: What Do I See? Defining Description Descriing an Exhibition: Avedon's In the American West Describing Subject Matter Describing Form Describing Medium Describing Style Comparing and Contrasting Internal and External Sources of Information Description and Interpretation Description and Evaluation The Importance of Description to Readers Principles for Describing Photographs 3. Interpreting Photographs: What Does It Mean? An Exemplary Interpretation About Interpretation Defining Interpretation The Objects of Interpretation Interpretive Claims and Arguments Interpretive Perspectives Three Interpretations of Eleanor Other Interpretive Strategies Combinations of Interpretive Approaches "Right" Interpretations Interpretations and the Artist's Intent Interpretations and Feelings Interpretation, Meaning, and Personal Significance The Community of Interpreters 4. Types of Photographs Categories of Photographs New Categories Descriptive Photographs Explanatory Photographs Interpretive Photographs Ethically Evaluative Photographs Aesthetically Evaluative Photographs Theoretical Photographs 5. Photographs and Contexts Internal Context Original Context External Context External Contexts and Connotations Interpreting Barbara Kruger's Untitled ("Surveillance"), with Contextual Information "Surveillance" and Internal Context "Surveillance" and Original Context "Surveillance" and External Context Barbara Kruger's Untitled ("Surveillance"), and the Categories Descriptive Photographs Explanatory Photographs Interpretive Photographs Ethically Evaluative Photographs Aesthetically Evaluative Photographs Theoretical Photographs The Interpretive Process: A Summary 6. Judging Photographs: Is It Good? Examples of Judgmental Statements Positive Judgments Negative Judgments Implied Judgments Opposing Judgments Comparative Judgments Jugments and Reasons Judgments and Criteria Different Criteria Realism Expressionism Formalism Instrumentalism Other Criteria Choosing Among Criteria Differing Judgments Judgments Are Arguments Reappraisals Judgments and Preferences Intentionalism and Judgments The Objects of Judgments Judgments of Robert Mapplethorpe's Photographs Hilton Kramer's and Grace Glueck's Views of Mapplethorpe's Work Other Critics' Views of Mapplethorpe's Work Conclusion 7. Photography Theory: Is It Art? Is It True? Is It Moral? Photography Theory and Practice Ontological Concerns: What Is a Photograph? Digital Images and Ontology Epistemological Concerns: Are Photographs True? Realist Theory Conventionalist Theory Photographic Truth Aesthetic Concerns: Is Photography Art? Modernism and Postmodernism Digital Images and Aesthetic Concerns Ethical Concerns: Are Photographs Moral? Marxist Theory and Ethical Photography Feminist Theory and Ethical Photography Multicultural Theory and Ethical Photography Queer Theory and Ethical Photography Postcolonial Theory and Ethical Photography Conclusion 8. Writing and Talking About Photographs Writing About Photographs Observing Works and Taking Notes Quick-Writes and Careful-Writes Students' Interpretive Writings Building Visual Interpretations Making Personal Meanings Judging Photographs Writing Criteria Statements Three Student Views of Immediate Family by Sally Mann Metacritical Writing Writing Artists' Statements Processes of Writing Talking About Photographs Studio Critiques Kinds of Critiques Conducting Successful Critiques Principles For Effective Critiques Notes Bibliography Index

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GOR004119899
9780072977431
0072977434
Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images by Terry Barrett
Terry Barrett
Used - Very Good
Paperback
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
2005-07-16
312
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