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    Criticizing Photographs by Barrett, Terry;

    An Introduction to Understanding Images

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    • Edition number 4
    • Publisher McGraw-Hill
    • Date of Publication 1 August 2005

    • ISBN 9780072977431
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages312 pages
    • Size 231x185x12 mm
    • Weight 492 g
    • Language English
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    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.

    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.

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    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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