| Art from Start to Finish: Jazz, Painting, Writing, and Other Improvisations Contributor(s): Becker, Howard S. (Editor), Faulkner, Robert R. (Editor), Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226040852 ISBN-13: 9780226040851 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $36.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: When is an artistic work finished? When the copyeditor makes the final correction to a manuscript, when the composer writes the last note of a symphony, or when the painter puts the last brushstroke on the canvas? Perhaps it's even later, when someone reads the work, when an ensemble performs, or when the painting is hung on a gallery wall for viewing? "Art from Start to Finish "gathers a unique group of contributors from the worlds of sociology, musicology, literature, and communications--many of them practicing artists in their own right--to discuss how artists from jazz musicians to painters work: how they coordinate their efforts, how they think, how they start, and, of course, how they finish their productions. Specialists in the arts have much to say about the works themselves, which are often neglected by scholarsi n other fields. "Art from Start to Finish" takes a different tack by exploring the creative process itself and its social component. Any reader who makes art or has an interest in it will value this book. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Criticism & Theory |
| Dewey: 700.1 |
| LCCN: 2005030544 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.08" W x 9.02" (0.93 lbs) 248 pages |
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| Publisher Description: When is an artistic work finished? When the copyeditor makes the final correction to a manuscript, when the composer writes the last note of a symphony, or when the painter puts the last brushstroke on the canvas? Perhaps it's even later, when someone reads the work, when an ensemble performs, or when the painting is hung on a gallery wall for viewing? Art from Start to Finish gathers a unique group of contributors from the worlds of sociology, musicology, literature, and communications--many of them practicing artists in their own right--to discuss how artists from jazz musicians to painters work: how they coordinate their efforts, how they think, how they start, and, of course, how they finish their productions. Specialists in the arts have much to say about the works themselves, which are often neglected by scholarsi n other fields. Art from Start to Finish takes a different tack by exploring the creative process itself and its social component. Any reader who makes art or has an interest in it will value this book. |
Contributor Bio(s): Becker, Howard S.: - Howard S. Becker has made major contributions to the sociology of deviance, sociology of art, and sociology of music. He received a PhD from the University of Chicago, where he was also an instructor in sociology and social sciences. He was professor of sociology at Northwestern University for twenty-five years and later became a professor of sociology and an adjunct professor of music at the University of Washington. He lives and works in San Francisco and Paris. |