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Why Art Cannot Be Taught
Language: en
Pages: 228
Authors: James Elkins
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-05-17 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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He also addresses the phenomenon of art critiques as a microcosm for teaching art as a whole and dissects real-life critiques, highlighting presuppositions and
Art School
Language: en
Pages: 387
Authors: Steven Henry Madoff
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-11 - Publisher: MIT Press

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Leading international artists and art educators consider the challenges of art education in today's dramatically changed art world. The last explosive change in
Art Subjects
Language: en
Pages: 310
Authors: Howard Singerman
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-03-31 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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"Few sites within the university open a richer critical reflection than that of the M.F.A., with its complex crossing of professionalism, theory, humanistic kno
Pictures and Tears
Language: en
Pages: 218
Authors: James Elkins
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-08-02 - Publisher: Routledge

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This deeply personal account of emotion and vulnerability draws upon anecdotes related to individual works of art to present a chronicle of how people have show
What Painting is
Language: en
Pages: 284
Authors: James Elkins
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Psychology Press

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Here, Elkins argues that alchemists and painters have similar relationships to the substances they work with. Both try to transform the substance, while seeking