MARC Record from Marygrove College

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001 ocn223108044
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005 20191109072934.6
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035 $a(OCoLC)223108044
037 $bPearson College Div, C/O Pearson Education Order Dept 135 S Mount Zion rd, Lebanon, IN, USA, 46052$nSAN 200-2175
050 00 $aN7476$b.S29 2009
080 $a709
082 00 $a808/.0667$222
049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aSayre, Henry M.,$d1948-
245 10 $aWriting about art /$cHenry M. Sayre.
250 $aSixth edition.
264 1 $aUpper Saddle River, New Jersey :$bPearson Prentice Hall,$c[2009]
264 4 $c©2009
300 $axi, 148 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 137-140) and index.
520 $a"This straightforward guide prepares students to describe, interpret, and write about works of art in meaningful and lasting terms. Designed as a supplement to Art History survey and period texts, this efficient book features a step-by-step approach to writing--from choosing a work to write about, to essay organization, to research techniques, to footnote form, to preparing the final essay. For beginners as well as more advanced students."--Amazon.
505 0 $aIllustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : writing as critical thinking -- 1. Choosing images : how to select the works of art you plan to write about -- Visiting museums and galleries -- Choosing works of art to write about : some questions of taste -- Writing comparative essays : some advantages -- Choosing works form "the museum without walls" -- The computer and "the museum without walls" -- Summary -- 2. Using visual information : what to look for and how to describe what you see -- Considering the subject matter of the work -- Describing the formal elements you discover in the work -- Line -- Shape and space -- Light and dark -- Color -- Other elements -- Recognizing the principles of design -- Rhythm and repetition -- Balance -- Proportion -- Scale -- Unity and variety -- Considering questions of medium -- Beginning your essay by describing the work -- Asking yourself about the work of art : a summary -- Questions to ask before writing about a work of art -- 3. Responding to the verbal frame : where else to look for help in understanding what you see -- Taking the title and label into account -- Considering informational labels accompanying the work -- Consulting artists' statements and exhibition catalogues -- Discovering other helpful material in the library and online -- Research online -- Using the library catalog and databases -- Using art dictionaries and other guides -- Considering the work's historical and cultural context -- Quoting and documenting your sources -- Learning the art of quoting -- Acknowledging your sources -- Choosing your footnote style -- Citing Internet sources -- 4. Working with words and images : the process of writing about what you see -- Gathering together what you know -- Taking notes in a gallery or museum -- Taking notes as you read -- Focusing your discussion -- Brainstorming and mapping -- Using prewriting as a way to begin -- Online writing -- Creating a finished essay -- Organizing your essay : from description to the verbal frame -- Developing an argument or thesis -- Revising and editing -- A revision checklist -- Writing about art : the final product -- Appendix. A short guide to usage and style : the rules and principles of good writing -- 1. Possessive apostrophes -- 2. Commas -- 3. Comma splices -- 4. Run-on sentences -- 5. That and which -- 6. Titles -- 7. Foreign phrases -- 8. Split infinitives -- 9. Sentence fragments -- 10. Colons -- 11. Semicolons -- 12. Dashes -- 13. Parentheses -- 14. Quotations -- 15. Ellipses -- 16. Dangling modifiers -- 17. Subject-verb agreement -- 18. Pronoun agreement -- 19. Pronouns and gender issues -- 20. Indefinite antecedents (it and this) -- 21. Correlative expressions -- 22. Verb tense consistency -- 23. Diction consistency -- 24. Concrete and specific language -- 25. Frequently misspelled words -- Notes -- Index.
590 $bInternet Archive - 2
590 $bInternet Archive 2
650 0 $aArt criticism$xAuthorship.
650 7 $aArt criticism$xAuthorship.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00815493
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0816/2008016670.html
938 $aBaker & Taylor$bBKTY$c30.60$d30.60$i020564578X$n0007633429$sactive
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938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$n2008016670
994 $a92$bERR
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