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    Criticizing Photographs by Barrett, Terry;

    Series: B&B ART;

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 5
    • Publisher McGraw-Hill Education
    • Date of Publication 1 May 2011

    • ISBN 9780073526539
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages320 pages
    • Size 228x185x15 mm
    • Weight 504 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.

    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.

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    Table of Contents:

    Preface

    Chapter 1 ? About Art Criticism

    Definition of Criticism

    Sources of Criticism

    Kinds of Criticism

    The Backgrounds of Critics

    Stances Toward Criticism

    Relations Between Critics and Artists

    The Art of Criticizing Criticism

    The Value of Criticism

    Chapter 2 ? Describing Photographs: What Do I See?

    Defining Description

    Describing an Exhibition: Avedon's ?In the American West?

    Describing Subject Matter

    Describing Form

    Describing Medium

    Describing Style

    Comparing and Contrasting

    Identifying Internal and External Sources of Information

    Describing and Interpreting

    Describing and Evaluating

    The Importance of Description to Readers

    Principles for Describing Photographs

    Chapter 3 ? Interpreting Photographs: What Does It Mean?

    Two Exemplary Interpretations

    About Interpretation

    Definition of Interpretation

    The Objects of Interpretations

    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

    Chapter 4 ? Types of Photographs

    Categories of Photographs

    New Categories

    Descriptive Photographs

    Explanatory Photographs

    Interpretive Photographs

    Ethically Evaluative Photographs

    Aesthetically Evaluative Photographs

    Theoretical Photographs

    Chapter 5 ? Photographs and Contexts

    Internal Context

    Original Context

    External Context

    External Contexts and Connotations

    Interpretation of 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

    Chapter 6 ? Judging Photographs: Is It Good?

    Examples of Judgmental Statements

    Positive Judgments

    Negative Judgments

    Implied Judgments

    Opposing Judgments

    Comparative Judgments

    Judgments and Reasons

    Judgments and Criteria

    Different Criteria

    Realism

    Expressionism

    Formalism

    Activism

    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

    Principles for Judging Photographs

    Chapter 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

    Chapter 8 ? Writing and Talking About Photographs

    Writing About Photographs

    Observing and Taking Notes

    Quick-Writes and Careful-Writes

    Students' Interpretive Writings

    Building Visual Interpretations

    Making Personal Meaning

    Judging Photographs

    Writing Criteria Statements

    Four Student Views of Immediate Family by Sally Mann

    Writing Metacritically

    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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