A short guide to writing about art / Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University.

Eleventh edition.

Boston : Pearson Education Inc., [2015]

xv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

This book is intended for art courses where there is a writing component. This text guides art students through the writing process. Students are shown how to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture. The text includes: coverage of essential writing assignments including formal analysis, comparison, research paper, review of an exhibition, essay examination; clear step-by-step writing instructions guiding students though the research and writing processes; sample essays, with analytic comments by the author, demonstrating the virtues of effective writing.

English

July 26, 2017

Includes bibliographical references and index.