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Joachim Homann (Editor)

Why Draw?

500 Years of Drawings and Watercolors

Why Draw?
Hardcover
$ 60.00| £ 45.00

Presenting historic and contemporary selections from one of the nation’s oldest collections of drawings, this richly illustrated and highly engaging volume explores the significance and pleasures found in tracing movements of the hand on paper by asking the question “Why Draw?”

An intimate art form, drawing offers a direct connection to one’s imagination; a means of exercising the eye, brain, and the hand; and a way to spark new ideas and resolve pictorial challenges.This volume features more than 100 exceptional drawings, pastels, watercolors, and collages from the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, which has been collecting drawings since the 1811 bequest of James Bowdoin III. The works exemplify what compels artists to draw and thus illustrate the ongoing relevanceof drawing as the most foundational artistic practice. Gathered here for the first time in a book, the range, quality, and uniquenessof the drawings will captivate anyone interested in drawing as an art form. Reproduced in gorgeous color illustrations, works from Peter Paul Rubens to Mary Cassatt, Ed Ruscha, and Jim Dine are accompanied by brief commentary. Statements from acclaimed contemporary artists, leading curators, and distinguished scholars provide insights into the creative process. “Why Draw?” grants personal access to this singular, evolving collection and will appeal to art lovers everywhere.


Hardcover, 192 pages, 24,0 x 28,0 cm, 9.4 x 11.0 in, 150 color illustrations, 10 b/w illustrations
ISBN: 978-3-7913-5606-8
Published:
US May 01, 2017
UK May 01, 2017
Status of delivery: This title is available.

Biography

Joachim Homann

Joachim Homann is Curator of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

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Avis Berman

Avis Berman, an independent writer and art historian, writes extensively on painting, sculpture, photography, design, and museum history.

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David Driskell

David C. Driskell is regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on African American art and has written numerous books on the subject.

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Richard Tuttle

Richard Tuttle is an American postminimalist artist.

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