Verbalising the Visual: Translating art and design into words

Michael Clarke

ISBN 10: 2940373019 / ISBN 13: 9782940373017

Verlag: AVA Publishing, 2007

Beschreibung

New oversize softcover in matte printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. (8.5 x 0.9 x 11.7 inches) Includes photos, art prints, glossary, and index. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Acknowledging the unstable relationship between language, objects and meanings, Verbalising the Visual takes an interrogative approach in asking how we translate the experience of visual culture into written and spoken words. Its primary aim is to examine and clarify a representative range of language; formal and informal, academic and colloquial, global and local, which characterises current art and design discourse. Beginning with an exploration and clarification of the very many ways in which language is used to discuss, describe, analyse and critically evaluate art and design, the book then tests, through selected examples, whether such statements always meaningfully relate to their subjects. A closer examination of specific language contexts then follows, from the often very formal, academic terms and concepts used in art and design history and theory to the informal writing and speech of journalism and studio practice. After deconstructing the particular language employed in each case, the book then applies this awareness to those almost universal occasions when students must relate the mute world of visual culture to verbal discourse: interpreting and researching assignments; writing essays, reports and reviews; conducting interviews and questionnaires; making oral presentations of art and design work for peer-group discussion and critical assessment. Suitably enlightened, the student is better able to select and effectively employ language to their advantage. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 201745

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Titel: Verbalising the Visual: Translating art and ...

Verlag: AVA Publishing

Erscheinungsdatum: 2007

Einband: Softcover

Zustand: New

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Students will learn to select and effectively employ language to present oral and written critical assessment of art and design. The book includes theory, practice of formal and informal language be it written or spoken presentations, and other written documents, along with international case studies and student exercises.

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Michael Clarke has a distinguished academic career and is currently the art and design correspondent for the Times (UK) Educational Supplement. He has written numerous articles on major exhibitions and current developments in the visual arts and is a member of The International Association of Art Critics (AICA).