A short guide to writing about art / Sylvan Barnet.
Material type: TextSeries: Short guide seriesPublisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2011Edition: Tenth editionDescription: xv, 358 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0205708250
- 9780205708253
- Writing about art [Parallel title]
- 808.0667 22
- N7476 .B37 2011
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Student edition.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Writing about art -- Writing about art: the big picture -- Formal analysis and style -- Analytic thinking -- Writing a comparison -- Writing an entry in an exhibition catalog -- Writing a review of an exhibition -- How to write an effective essay -- Style in writing -- Art-historical research -- Some critical approaches -- Writing a research paper -- Manuscript form -- Writing essay examinations.
This book is intended for art courses where there is a writing component. Would you like your students to have the tools to write confidently about art? This best-selling text has guided tens of thousands of art students through the writing process. Students are shown how to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and are prepared with the tools they need to present their ideas through effective writing. This text includes: Coverage of essential writing assignments includes formal analysis, comparison, research paper, review of an exhibition, essay examination; Clear step-by-step writing instructions guide students though the research and writing processes, showing students how to use the terminology of art history, and how to cite sources, solve issues of style, and use proper manuscript form; Sample essays, with analytic comments by the author, demonstrate the strengths of effective writing. - Publisher.
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