Comments on: Books http://artandperception.com/2007/05/books.html a multi-disciplinary dialog Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:13:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bob http://artandperception.com/2007/05/books.html#comment-140444 Bob Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:51:41 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/books.html#comment-140444 Check out Art Blog By Bob for a chance to win a free copy of Abbeville Press' Courbet, a $135 coffee table book on the great French rebel. Contest ends at midnight, Friday, July 11th, so don't wait. http://artblogbybob.blogspot.com/2008/07/most-arrogant-contest-in-blogging.html Check out Art Blog By Bob for a chance to win a free copy of Abbeville Press’ Courbet, a $135 coffee table book on the great French rebel. Contest ends at midnight, Friday, July 11th, so don’t wait.

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]]> By: Bob http://artandperception.com/2007/05/books.html#comment-40074 Bob Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:11:14 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/books.html#comment-40074 I just reviewed an interesting book arguing that Gustave Courbet is the father of the self-marketing artist (http://artblogbybob.blogspot.com/2007/10/power-of-press.html). The ideas of playing to the marketplace and manipulating the media are as relevant now as they were then. --Bob (ArtBlogByBob.blogspot.com) I just reviewed an interesting book arguing that Gustave Courbet is the father of the self-marketing artist (http://artblogbybob.blogspot.com/2007/10/power-of-press.html). The ideas of playing to the marketplace and manipulating the media are as relevant now as they were then.

–Bob (ArtBlogByBob.blogspot.com)

]]> By: David http://artandperception.com/2007/05/books.html#comment-29830 David Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:29:25 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/books.html#comment-29830 <i>...“Man’s Rage for Chaos” ...It looks formidable, but fun. I think I’ll read it back to front. I can’t remember who recommended it.</i> I think I passed this one along from Brian Eno, who mentioned it when I heard him speak a couple of years ago. I've got it on my Amazon wish list, but haven't read it yet. June, when you've finished it, let us know what you think. …“Man’s Rage for Chaos” …It looks formidable, but fun. I think I’ll read it back to front. I can’t remember who recommended it.

I think I passed this one along from Brian Eno, who mentioned it when I heard him speak a couple of years ago. I’ve got it on my Amazon wish list, but haven’t read it yet. June, when you’ve finished it, let us know what you think.

]]> By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2007/05/books.html#comment-29821 Steve Durbin Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:37:45 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/books.html#comment-29821 Bob, Thank you for the pointer to your fascinating review. I edited your comment slightly to make the link directly clickable. You have a ton of art history on your blog, I'm looking forward to lots of good reading. Bob,
Thank you for the pointer to your fascinating review. I edited your comment slightly to make the link directly clickable. You have a ton of art history on your blog, I’m looking forward to lots of good reading.

]]> By: Bob http://artandperception.com/2007/05/books.html#comment-29815 Bob Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:15:59 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/books.html#comment-29815 I just posted a review of The Artful Mind: Cognitive Science and the Riddle of Human Creativity in my blog entry <a rel="nofollow" href="http://artblogbybob.blogspot.com/2007/08/blowing-your-mind-on-art.html" rel="nofollow">Blowing Your Mind on Art</a>. The book gets a little technical, but I think it's still a worthwhile read for people interested in just how important the creative impulse is to making us human, both intellectually and emotionally. --Bob (ArtBlogByBob.blogspot.com) I just posted a review of The Artful Mind: Cognitive Science and the Riddle of Human Creativity in my blog entry Blowing Your Mind on Art. The book gets a little technical, but I think it’s still a worthwhile read for people interested in just how important the creative impulse is to making us human, both intellectually and emotionally.

–Bob (ArtBlogByBob.blogspot.com)

]]> By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2007/05/books.html#comment-20953 Steve Durbin Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:13:30 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/books.html#comment-20953 "The Sight of Death: An Experiment in Art Writing," by art historian T.J. Clark, stems from a diary he kept during six months he spent at the Getty living with two Poussin paintings, "Landscape with a Calm" and "Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake." It is over 200 pages of closely reading these paintings, not so much from an academic perspective as from a personal one as he lives with and reflects on these paintings. It is fascinating to learn about all aspects of the paintings, from the effects of different lighting to organization of space to details of brushstrokes to speculations on the sociology and psychology of people depicted. I confess I started skimming after the first quarter of the book or so, but I found it worthwhile nonetheless, and it is well illustrated with many details of the paintings discussed. “The Sight of Death: An Experiment in Art Writing,” by art historian T.J. Clark, stems from a diary he kept during six months he spent at the Getty living with two Poussin paintings, “Landscape with a Calm” and “Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake.” It is over 200 pages of closely reading these paintings, not so much from an academic perspective as from a personal one as he lives with and reflects on these paintings. It is fascinating to learn about all aspects of the paintings, from the effects of different lighting to organization of space to details of brushstrokes to speculations on the sociology and psychology of people depicted. I confess I started skimming after the first quarter of the book or so, but I found it worthwhile nonetheless, and it is well illustrated with many details of the paintings discussed.

]]> By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2007/05/books.html#comment-20777 Steve Durbin Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:55:40 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/05/books.html#comment-20777 Yes, this is the place to add any book notes as comments -- unless, of course, you'd like to do a post and have a bit of discussion about the book, which is highly encouraged (no need to wait for an assigned day). I added a link in the first sentence to the description of resource posts like this, but it will probably evolve. A database could be nice, but I don't know how to set one up here. One main thing to make this more accessible is to put up a permanent link to the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.artandperception.com/resources/" rel="nofollow">Resources page</a>, probably in the tag line below the main Art and Perception title. Something like that should happen in the near future; meanwhile, comment away! Yes, this is the place to add any book notes as comments — unless, of course, you’d like to do a post and have a bit of discussion about the book, which is highly encouraged (no need to wait for an assigned day). I added a link in the first sentence to the description of resource posts like this, but it will probably evolve. A database could be nice, but I don’t know how to set one up here. One main thing to make this more accessible is to put up a permanent link to the Resources page, probably in the tag line below the main Art and Perception title. Something like that should happen in the near future; meanwhile, comment away!

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