Author : Ben Shahn
Release : 1992-01-01
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 654/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Shape of Content by : Ben Shahn
Download or read book The Shape of Content written by Ben Shahn. This book was released on 1992-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his 1956–57 Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, the Russian-born American painter Ben Shahn sets down his personal views of the relationship of the artist—painter, writer, composer—to his material, his craft, and his society. He talks of the creation of the work of art, the importance of the community, the problem of communication, and the critical theories governing the artist and his audience.