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The Shape of Content

by Ben Shahn

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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... Read more
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. Less

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File size8.8x6x0.5inches
Print pages144
PublisherHarvard University Press
Publication date January 1, 1992
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780674805705
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