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We simply need to find the will to make the best of it. Author : Kathleen K. It uses stories drawn from the experiences of individuals involved in the arts as a means of exposing readers to the philosophies, theories, and arguments that shape and drive visual art.

An accessible, story-driven introduction to aesthetic theory and philosophy Prompts readers to develop independent ideas about aesthetics; this is a guide on how to think, not what to think Includes discussions of non-western, contemporary, and discipline-specific theories Examines a range of art-based dilemmas across a wide variety of disciplines - from art and design and law to visual and museum studies. Drawn from the visionary architect's personal notebooks and sketchbooks, Soleri's most recently documented ideas respond to contemporary issues such as climate change, oil dependence, suburban sprawl, and overconsumption.

Soleri outlines a detailed proposal for urban reformulation and renewal, appealing to architects, urban planners, environmentalists, urban historians, philosophers, ethicists, and anthropologists. Two essays and a new interview covering the breadth of Soleri's career round out this accessible introduction, offering a useful overview of Soleri's work. Author : N. A Publisher: N. When an art product once attains classic status, it somehow becomes isolated from the human conditions under which it was brought into being and from the human consequences it engenders in actual life-experience.

This is the essence of this whole book, this paragraph. That art is a thing you do not experience but you have to go into a museum to find it. He says that art is everywhere. Kroeger Art in the museum is a fairly recent development.

Rand Museums have separated art from normal experience. The answer is in the problem. The problem is that it is isolated from where it should be.

Art should be in your bedroom, in your kitchen, not just in the museums. It used to be when you went into a museum there was nobody there. When I went into art school we used to go and paint in a museumnobody was ever there. But now it is impossible. Kroeger Do you think people are search- ing for something to give meaning to their lives? Rand I do not know; do not ask me.

You will have to ask a psychologist. This book Art as Experience deals with everythingthere is no subject he does not deal with. This is his most famous book. All your students should read it. Figure 3 Kroeger How do you relate reading or can you relate your experience to designing? Rand You do not. It is like eating bread it is nourishment when you runyou do not eat bread [while you are running], but there is a clincher here that you may not like.

Rand Being able to do something, explain and understand what you are doingit is like sitting in an easy chair. It is like what Matisse said, do you understand? It leads to something. Kroeger I want to talk about these early stages of design. Figures 48 The basic foundationwhat would be an approach to graphic design education.

This is how I start: line interval studies, color problems, get the students familiar with composition. Figures Rand Why do you call this curved line and curve shape? It should be curved. Curved line, one passive, one active, which is passive, which is active? Figures Kroeger The idea is to relate the forms to each other. The passive form is relative to the active form within its context.

The other examples are color studies: wet and dry, hot and cold, good and evil, and tumble and hide. How is this wet? How is this dry? You are just saying it. It does not look wet. What is the difference? This stuff is difficult stuff to do. You are involved in very complicated philosophy and psychology.

Wetness to one person may be dryness to somebody else. Figures Everything is relative. Design is relationships. That is where you start to design.

Do you say what design is? That is important. If you say design is relationships, you are already giving them something. That is very basic, and they do not already know about it when they read this stuff. Without knowing the basic theory, people feel they have to memorize everything.

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