6th Edition
Criticizing Photographs An Introduction to Understanding Images
By Terry Barrett
Copyright 2021
228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
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Emphasizing the understanding of images and their influences on how they affect our attitudes, beliefs, and actions, this fully updated sixth edition offers consequential ways of looking at images from the perspectives of photographers, critics, theoreticians, historians, curators, and editors.
It invites informed conversations about meanings and implications of images, providing multiple and... Read more
Preface 1. About Art Criticism ; 2. Photography Theory: Is It Art? Is It True? Is It Moral? ; 3. Describing Photographs: What Do I See? ; 4. Interpreting Photographs: What Does It Mean? ; 5. Types of Photographs ; 6. Photographs and Contexts ; 7. Judging Photographs: Is It Good? ; 8. Writing and Talking About Photographs ; Bibliography
Biography
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.
