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(Re)Thinking Art: A Guide for Beginners
Contributor(s): Shipps, Steve (Author)
ISBN: 1405155620     ISBN-13: 9781405155625
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $107.86  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2008
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Annotation: How does this term "art" work, and why does it matter? Written by an award-winning teacher as a response to the challenge increasingly voiced by many of his students, "What is 'art, ' anyway, and why should I care?" this book is a welcome response that aims to bring readers into meaningful relationships with art. In the process, it teaches them to think, both critically and creatively, not only about "art" but about anything at all. "(Re)Thinking "Art": A Guide for Beginners" is a wonderful read for both students and all those would-be art mavens who find themselves wondering what to make of art today.
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BISAC Categories:
- Art | History - General
Dewey: 701
LCCN: 2007024789
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.86" W x 8.83" (0.77 lbs) 188 pages
 
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(Re)Thinking Art: A Guide for Beginners is a primer that considers the term "art," what it means and why it matters. Rather than being about any particular sort of art --visual or otherwise-- the book addresses the idea of "art in all, in all its messy complexity, and offers meaningful access to the vast array of human products to which it refers.

  • Written by an award-winning teacher as a response to students' ongoing challenge, What is 'art', anyway, and why should I care?"
  • Aims to bring readers into a meaningful relationship with art and teaches them to think critically and creatively about it - and by extension, about anything else
  • Provides an ideal introduction to the field for students and anyone interested in art today
  • Offers a jargon-free, common-sense basis from which to approach the theories that dominate the art world today, for readers who may wish to pursue them further