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"The past decade has seen a change of attitude towards drawing. Its importance as an element in human intelligence is now widely appreciated. However, there has not been a clear picture of research in the field or an agenda for future investigation. Writing on Drawing fills this gap. It gives an insight into current work and it is clear that a paradigm shift is underway. Drawing is, of course, strongly identified with art and design but it is now being seen in a much broader context. The contributions to this book give a new insight into this fascinating activity."-Prof Ken Baynes, Loughborough University "This book captures the range of current debates, each contributor addresses themes that are significant to the development of drawing both as a practice and as a critical discourse. The book helps to outline an intellectual frame of reference for drawing practices, and allows an interdisciplinary conversation around the role of these activities in the wider world. This is an impressive achievement, as an academic who wishes to explore drawing as a cognitive process and as an artist working in the mass mediated world where the language of drawing has found a vital role, this book will be invaluable for me and to my students." - Prof Mario Minichiello, Birmingham City University "Writing on Drawing is an excellent resource, in which a balance is achieved between academic, educational and entertaining pieces. While the book is intellectually stimulating, it is never dry and successfully brings together critical thinking, debate and research to form a thought provoking insight into the "intelligence of seeing". - Alice Hunter, www.artjournal.co.uk
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An increased public and academic interest in drawing and sketching, both traditional and digital, has allowed drawing research to emerge recently as a discipline in its own right. In light of this development, "Writing on Drawing" presents a collection of essays by leading artists and drawing researchers that reveal a provocative agenda for the field, analyzing the latest work on creativity, education, and thinking from a variety of perspectives. "Writing on Drawing" offers consolidation, discussion, guidance and an agenda to a fragmented community in the form of essays by international drawing makers and drawing researchers. Discussion extends to creativity, education and thinking, all with multi-disciplinary viewpoints. An essential resource for artists, scientists, designers, and engineers, this volume offers consolidation, discussion, and guidance for a previously fragmented discipline.Drawing research is emerging as a discipline in its own right. Very few resources exist to support the international community which consists of artists, scientists, designers, engineers - both within academia and in practice. It includes essays by leading drawing makers and drawing researchers with international reputations. Steve Garner is Director of the international Drawing Research Network. This currently has 300 members internationally and a well visited web site.
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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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Very informative and detailed analysis of new developments in the area of drawing practice.Ideal for art teachers, practitioners and anyone interested in the theory of drawing. Easy to read.
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great book.,
By philly j - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Writing on Drawing: Essays on Drawing Practice and Research (Hardcover)
I've continually been renewing this book from the library. It hosts wonderful discourse on drawing, as a verb, or as a practice. This work in no way intends to educate someone on how to draw or really needs many images for the analysis it presents. This is a collection of essays for someone already deep into drawing practice and looking for a brief overview of a diversity of contemporary thoughts on the subject and its growth from a historical context of Renaissance, Enlightment, Modernism, etc.
The writing style is rather academic. Nothing complicated, but something to be read only an essay at a time and then reviewed later. It is a resource book and not novel, or coffee table book. I have gone through academia for my art degree and am a University instructor of drawing. I think this is a great book, I would probably not recommend it to a foundations level student, but for someone who finds drawing important to their artistic practice and is considering that process conceptually, this book is quite informative. Probably best for someone at the later portion of their undergraduate studies, in or beyond graduate school, or further outside the realm of studio practice and interested in theory, but yes- for someone interested in the academic route of art. I came to Amazon to see about purchasing the book. My only agreement with the poor review below is the pricing issue. This book would appear a bit underwhelming for the price it is at. If I had some electronic book reader, I'd probably buy that version since the hardcover book is nothing special, merely a regular 9x7" book. If the publisher chose to insert additional imagery, particularly if anything of notable artists- the price would skyrocket so I don't particularly understand the desire for more pictures. Of course some chapters are handled better by their writers than others, but overall I find this book one of the best for conceptual and historical context to drawing. This book has absolutely no commonality to the alternative books listed by the previous review [Vitamin D and Eight Propositions]. If you want to see brief overviews of contemporary artists and examples of work striking critical acclaim in the early 2000s then definitely pick up those books. This has very different goals. 7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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A Cure for Insomnia,
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This review is from: Writing on Drawing: Essays on Drawing Practice and Research (Hardcover)
Having read a plethora of art books over the years (and being a great fan of drawing) I was truly looking forward to this read. Unfortunately, it was a profound disappointment.
First off, it's quite skimpy for the price, and clocks in at under 200 pages. To make things worse, they decided to print the book in a small format, just a little larger than a standard paperback. This means that you'll nearly need a magnifying glass to read it...and it's scarcely worth the effort. This is compounded by the paucity of illustrations. It amazes me that educated individuals would attempt to elucidate a visual medium while scarcely offering visual examples to support their theories and findings. Perhaps it's the fault of the publisher, but it's still a serious deficit. Anyone interested in buying this book should use the "look inside" feature beforehand, and browse the first essay. If you can make it through that and remain awake, then you might be able to endure the rest of this book. Just know that you're in for more of the same with the selections that follow: purely academic writings that are somewhat self-substantiating, often convoluted, and stale as last year's bread. While I admire the precept of this book, and its aim to promote drawing research that's on par with other artistic disciplines, it essentially reads like a series of disjointed essays that were cobbled together solely for publication purposes. If you're looking for something more substantial for your hard-earned dollars, check out "Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing" or even "Drawing Now: Eight Propositions". Besides some interesting writing, you'll even get to see some cool drawings. |
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