Saying What You See

The Big Question: What Is The Point Of Art? Why Do Some Artists Choose To Work With Visual Media? What Is A Text? Or Do You Mean 'txt'? What Is This Book About? Artworks Are A Form Of Communication. The Communications Of An Artist, Like All Other Forms Of Communication, Are Often Mysterious And Complex, But Each Artist's Works Are The Best Way He Or She Knows To Say Those Things. If It Could Be Easily Expressed In Words, The Artist Would Do It That Way With Much Less Effort. It Is Not Surprising, Then, That When We Come To Talk Or Write About Art, We Often Find Ourselves Talking About Things That Are Difficult To Express. Luckily, Responding To Art Is Analogous To Reading Written Works. The More Of It You Do, The Better At It You Get. Saying What You See Is For Anyone Who Has To - Or Wants To - Reflect On, Respond To, And Evaluate Artworks, Their Own And Others'. It Will Be Particularly Useful For Students Working At Ncea Level 2 And Above In The Areas Of Art History, Design, Graphics, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Sculpture And Visual Art. Would You Like To Know What Artists Are Saying Through Their Works? This Book Shows How You Can Generate And Develop Responses And Ideas To Particular Works. After Giving The Artwork The Consideration It Deserves, You Can Respond By Saying What You See, Writing And Talking About It With Other People Who Are Interested In It - Those Who Made It, Those Who Are Confused By It, Those Who Hate It And Those Who Love It.