The Shape Content

Informationen zum Autor Ben Shahn Klappentext American painter Ben Shahn sets down his personal views of the relationship of the artist-painter, writer, composer-to his material, his craft, and his society. He talks of the creation of the work of art, the importance of the community, the problem of communication, and the critical theories governing the artist and his audience. Zusammenfassung American painter Ben Shahn sets down his personal views of the relationship of the artist—painter, writer, composer—to his material, his craft, and his society. He talks of the creation of the work of art, the importance of the community, the problem of communication, and the critical theories governing the artist and his audience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Artists in Colleges The Biography of a Painting The Shape of Content On Nonconformity Modern Evaluations The Education of an Artist

About the author

Ben Shahn (1898–1969) was an American painter, lithographer, and photographer. His work, commenting on major social issues such as racial discrimination, labor conditions, and the threat of atomic warfare, has been featured in retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid.

Product details

• Authors: Ben Shahn, Shahn Ben
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.10.1972
• EAN: 9780674805705
• ISBN: 978-0-674-80570-5
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 216 mm x 12 mm
• Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; art, ART / History / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -