Undressed Art: Why We Draw
by Peter Steinhart
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"We all draw as children: we scrawl a sun-beamed circle for a face and dots for eyes, and then we move on to portraits of Mom with an upside-down U for hair and Dad with trousers up to his armpits. But sooner or later, almost everyone stops. In this book, Peter Steinhart explores why some of us keep on drawing - and what happens when we do." "Combining the scientific, the historical, the anecdotal and the personal, Steinhart asks some questions: Why do drawings often speak to us more show more eloquently than paintings? What is the mind doing when we draw? Why is so much drawing of the face and of the nude figure? What is the dynamic between a clothed artist and a naked model?"--Jacket. show lessTags
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Under the thematic mantle of being about drawing the figure from life, Mr Steinhart gives: one of the most comprehensive considerations of the overall function of drawing as an endeavor unique to humanity, the concerns and challenges of those who take it up as artistic calling ,and a general historic overview of communities of artists and models as they have developed. Many thoughtful insights -highly recommended.
Peter Steinhart wrote a comprehensive review of nude Drawing classes (NDC). It is a classic. He discusses the character of NDC from many perspectives with depth and intelligence.
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