| Drawing Us in: How We Experience Visual Art Revised Edition Contributor(s): Als, Hilton (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0807066079 ISBN-13: 9780807066072 Publisher: Beacon Press OUR PRICE: $18.81 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2001 Annotation: Drawing Us In is essential reading for art lovers: the only anthology on why we need visual art. In this unique collection, some of our finest writers explore the place of visual art in their lives. Dorothy Allison explains how a painting in a Baptist church taught her as a child that art connects people from disparate backgrounds. Alfred Kazin reflects on his wanderings through New York's museums as a teenager. Mary Gordon finds that Bonnard's still lifes put in perspective her mother's struggle with illness and aging. For these and other contributors, visual art makes us see what we haven't seen before; it surprises, transforms, and comforts us. There are other perspectives too: critic Dave Hickey claims that art has no deep moral purpose and that the artist shouldn't have to work under this burden. Art, he writes, is just a whole lot of fun and therein lies its revolutionary potential. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Art | Criticism & Theory - Art | History - General - Art | Study & Teaching |
| Dewey: 700 |
| Series: Beacon Anthology |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.43 lbs) 152 pages |
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| Publisher Description: With Contributions by Dorothy Allison, John Berger, Mark Doty, Mary Gordon, bell hooks, Alfred Kazin, August Wilson, and others For the contributors to Drawing Us In, visual art makes us see what we haven't seen before; it surprises, transforms, and comforts us. Dorothy Allison explains how a painting in a Baptist church taught her as a child that art connects people from disparate backgrounds. Alfred Kazin reflects on his wanderings around New York's museums as a teenager. Mary Gordon finds that Bonnard's still lifes put in perspective her mother's struggle with illness and aging. For anyone who has felt moved by the visual, this collection offers a delightful range of views on how and why art matters in our psychic, social, and political lives. |