[LM_NET] Share: The Look of Reading by Garrett Stewart

[edward nizalowski <enizalowski@NVCS.STIER.ORG>]

        I saw this book in a catalog I received from University of
Chicago Press.  It is a collection of how reading has been depicted by
famous artists such as Rembrandt, Picasso and Cassatt.  Here is a
pertinent quote taken from the following website:
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/180300.ctl:

"We take for granted that words can describe pictures, but we don't
often consider that the reverse is also true: pictures can depict words,
as well as the people reading them. In The Look of Reading, Garrett
Stewart explores centuries of painted images of reading, arguing that
they collectively constitute an overlooked genre in the history of art.
"

        It is a bit pricey at $52, but certainly looks fascinating.

Ed Nizalowski, SMS
Newark Valley High School
Newark Valley, NY
enizalowski@nvcs.stier.org

"The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great
delight to God; for they were the best He ever planted."

John Muir, The American Forests






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