The Shape of Content
In his 1956–57 Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, the Russian-born American painter Ben Shahn sets down his personal views of the relationship of the artist—painter, writer, composer—to his material, his craft, and his society. He talks of the creation of the work of art, the importance of the community, the problem of communication, and the critical theories governing the artist and his audience.
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The Shape of Content
In his 1956–57 Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, the Russian-born American painter Ben Shahn sets down his personal views of the relationship of the artist—painter, writer, composer—to his material, his craft, and his society. He talks of the creation of the work of art, the importance of the community, the problem of communication, and the critical theories governing the artist and his audience.
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The Shape of Content

The Shape of Content

by Ben Shahn
The Shape of Content

The Shape of Content

by Ben Shahn

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In his 1956–57 Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, the Russian-born American painter Ben Shahn sets down his personal views of the relationship of the artist—painter, writer, composer—to his material, his craft, and his society. He talks of the creation of the work of art, the importance of the community, the problem of communication, and the critical theories governing the artist and his audience.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780674256651
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 01/01/1992
Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 144
File size: 2 MB

Table of Contents

Artists in Colleges

The Biography of a Painting

The Shape of Content

On Nonconformity

Modern Evaluations

The Education of an Artist

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