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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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"An...essential reference...the volume's sweep is extraordinary. ... As the author surveys the rich and varied practices we can characterize as drawing, he moves easily from the earliest markings on cave walls and the complex technical schematics that make the modern world possible to cartoons, the first efforts of preschoolers, and to the works of skilled draftspeople...
Published 21 months ago by Hokusai
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3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Way too complicated
As an artist I do have an unflagging interest in drawing, since I consider it to be the basis of all visual arts. I bought this book sight-unseen because of Amazon's promotion -- it turned out to be my mistake. The book is extremely technical, verging on the mathematical, and considers the artistic aspects of drawing merely as an adjunct. I may be useful for others, but...
Published on October 30, 2008 by Tatzelwurm
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Excerpts from five published sources, including four reviews,
By Hokusai (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Drawing Distinctions: The Varieties of Graphic Expression (Paperback)
"An...essential reference...the volume's sweep is extraordinary. ... As the author surveys the rich and varied practices we can characterize as drawing, he moves easily from the earliest markings on cave walls and the complex technical schematics that make the modern world possible to cartoons, the first efforts of preschoolers, and to the works of skilled draftspeople and great artists." -Amy Ione, Diatrope Institute
"Maynard's book is brilliant.... Maynard loves his subject and studies it with a rare and welcome patience. He practices something Wittgenstein all too often merely preached: he teaches us differences. There have been many fine books on the theory of the visual arts, but until now, in my opinion, there were only two indispensable ones: Gombrich's Art and Illusion and Wollheim's Painting as an Art. Now, in my opinion, there are three."-David Hills, Philosophy, Stanford University "Having earlier written a subtle study of photography... a vigorous defense of the purpose and use of drawing in human cultures.... This is the best account I have ever read of Gombrich's complex Art and Illusion. This is a marvelous resource about the nature of drawing to have and refer to." -Svetlana Alpers, Art History, UC-Berkeley "Remarkable book of great breadth and refined argument...should be part of the `tool-kit' of any art historian or philosopher of art; it should also be obligatory reading for anyone in an art school teaching drawing." -Michael Podro, Art History, University of Essex "superb book" -Whitney Davis, Art History, UC-Berkeley
3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Way too complicated,
By Tatzelwurm (Idaho) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Drawing Distinctions: The Varieties of Graphic Expression (Paperback)
As an artist I do have an unflagging interest in drawing, since I consider it to be the basis of all visual arts. I bought this book sight-unseen because of Amazon's promotion -- it turned out to be my mistake. The book is extremely technical, verging on the mathematical, and considers the artistic aspects of drawing merely as an adjunct. I may be useful for others, but for me it is not.
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Drawing Distinctions: The Varieties of Graphic Expression by Patrick Maynard (Hardcover - Nov. 2005)
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