Short Guide to Writing About Art, A, 9/E
Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University

ISBN-10: 0136138551
ISBN-13: 9780136138556

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 400 pp
Published: 01/08/2007

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For art courses where there is a writing component.

 

This best-selling text has guided tens of thousands of art students through the writing process.  Students are shown how to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and are prepared with the tools they need to present their ideas through effective writing.

Would you like your students to have the tools to write confidently about art?  This text includes:

  • Coverage of essential writing assignments includes formal analysis, comparison, research paper, review of an exhibition, essay examination.
  • Clear step-by-step writing instructions guide students though the research and writing processes, showing students how to use the terminology of art history, and how to cite sources, solve issues of style, and use proper manuscript form.
  • Sample essays, with analytic comments by the author, demonstrate the strengths of effective writing.

Chapter 1 – Writing about Art

 

Chapter 2 - Writing about Art:  A Crash Course

 

Chapter 3 - Analytic Thinking

 

Chapter 4 - Formal Analysis and Style

 

Chapter 5 - Writing a Comparison

 

Chapter 6 - Writing an Entry in an Exhibition Catalog

 

Chapter 7 - Writing a Review of an Exhibition

 

Chapter 8 - How to Write an Effective Essay

 

Chapter 9 - Style in Writing

 

Chapter 10 - Some Critical Approaches

 

Chapter 11 - Art-Historical Research

 

Chapter 12 - Writing a Research Paper

 

Chapter 13 - Manuscript Form

 

Chapter 14 - Writing Essay Examinations

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