Drawing Acts: Studies in Graphic Expression and Representation

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David RosandCambridge University Press, 9/27/2016EAN 9781316637524, ISBN10: 1316637522Paperback, 443 pages, 27.9 x 21.6 x 3.2 cmLanguage: EnglishOriginally published in EnglishDraw ing Acts is about drawing, both as art and act. Taking the study of drawings beyond the traditional agenda of connoisseurship, David Rosand explores the significance of the making of drawings, the meaning in the line of the draftsman, and the recreative dimension of critical response. The book focuses on drawings by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Piranesi, Tiepolo and Picasso, as well as on the history and theory of the medium itself. It seeks to establish new foundations for the criticism and appreciation of drawing, which is often considered the most revealing record of artistic creativity, offering the most direct expression of the artistic self.1. Criticism, connoisseurship, and the phenomenology of drawing2. Disegnothe invention of an art3. The handwriting of the selfLeonardo da Vinci4. Raphael and the calligraphy of classicism5. Disegni a stampathe printed line6. Michelangelothe urgent gesture7. Rembrandt's reach8. Capricciothe antic line. Show more