Drawing Acts: Studies in Graphic Expression and Representation

by David Rosand

Book Overview

Drawing Acts is about drawing, both as art and act. Taking the study of drawings beyond the traditional agenda of connoisseurship, David Rosand explores the significance of the making of drawings, the meaning in the line of the draftsman, and the recreative dimension of critical response. The book focuses on drawings by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Piranesi, Tiepolo and Picasso, as well as on the history and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316637522
• ISBN13: 9781316637524
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 443 Pages
• Weight: 3.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.2" x 11.1"