Criticizing Photographs - An Introduction to Understanding Images

Emphasizing the understanding of images and their influences on how they affect our attitudes, beliefs, and actions, this fully updated sixth edition offers consequential ways of looking at images from the perspectives of photographers, critics, theoreticians, historians, curators, and editors.

List of contents

Preface 1. About Art Criticism ; 2. Photography Theory: Is It Art? Is It True? Is It Moral? ; 3. Describing Photographs: What Do I See? ; 4. Interpreting Photographs: What Does It Mean? ; 5. Types of Photographs ; 6. Photographs and Contexts ; 7. Judging Photographs: Is It Good? ; 8. Writing and Talking About Photographs ; Bibliography

About the author

Terry Barrett is Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University, where he taught criticism and photography. Dr. Barrett is the author of Why Is That Art?, Criticizing Art, Interpreting Art, CRITS, Making Art, and articles and chapters on teaching and learning in the arts.

Summary

Emphasizing the understanding of images and their influences on how they affect our attitudes, beliefs, and actions, this fully updated sixth edition offers consequential ways of looking at images from the perspectives of photographers, critics, theoreticians, historians, curators, and editors.

Product details

• Authors: Barrett, Terry Barrett, Terry (University College Dublin Barrett, Barrett Terry
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781350097377
• ISBN: 978-1-350-09737-7
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Photography, filmmaking, video filmmaking; Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Photography & photographs, The arts: general issues, ART / General, PHOTOGRAPHY / General, Photography and photographs, The arts: general topics