Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images / Edition 4

by Terry Barrett

Overview

"Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images is now in its third edition and it has become the standard in photo criticism and theory courses throughout the United States. The book contains an elegant pedagogical apparatus founded on the four critical activities that Terry Barrett so ably illuminates — describing, interpreting, evaluating, and theorizing.

Moreover, Barrett's analytical categorization of photographs into ideal types including the aesthetically evaluative and the interpretive (to cite two examples) has provided readers with a highly original and useful way to think about how photographs are made to function in the world." Louis Kaplan, Southern Illinois University

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780072977431
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	07/21/2005
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Terry Barrett is Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University, where he taught criticism and photography. Dr. Barrett is the author of Why Is That Art?, Criticizing Art, Interpreting Art, CRITS, Making Art, and articles and chapters on teaching and learning in the arts.

Table of Contents

1. About Art Criticism
2. Describing Photographs
3. Interpreting Photographs
4. Types of Photographs
5. Photographs and Contexts
6. Evaluating Photographs
7. Theory: Is It Art?
8. Writing and Talking About Photographs
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Focusing on writings rather than images, Barrett (art education, Ohio State U.) shows beginning and experienced photography students how to use criticism to further their own understanding of photography. The chapters focus on description, interpretation, evaluation, and theory and provide a sound basis for anyone to begin to look at photographs with a more critical eye, and to appreciate descriptions of exhibits and shows. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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