Terry Berret est un professeur distingué en éducation artistique, spécialisé dans la critique et l'esthétique dans des contextes éducatifs. Son travail en critique d'art et en éducation muséale souligne un intérêt profond pour la manière dont l'art et son interprétation peuvent être intégrés dans le processus d'apprentissage. Berret consulte les départements éducatifs des musées et dirige des ateliers conçus pour favoriser la pensée critique et les compétences en écriture sur l'art. Son approche de la critique d'art dans l'éducation vise à cultiver une compréhension plus profonde et un engagement accru envers les arts.
Focusing on the impact of images on our perceptions and behaviors, this updated sixth edition provides insightful perspectives from various professionals in the field, including photographers, critics, and historians. It explores how visual media shapes attitudes and beliefs, offering readers a comprehensive understanding of the interplay between images and society.
Emphasizing the understanding of images and their influences on how they affect our attitudes, beliefs, and actions, this fully updated sixth edition offers consequential ways of looking at images from the perspectives of photographers, critics, theoreticians, historians, curators, and editors. It invites informed conversations about meanings and implications of images, providing multiple and sometimes conflicting answers to questions such as: What are photographs? Should they be called art? Are they ethical? What are their implications for self, society, and the world? From showing how critics verbalize what they see in images and how they persuade us to see similarly, to dealing with what different photographs might mean, the book posits that some interpretations are better than others and explains how to deliberate among competing interpretations. It looks at how the worth of photographs is judged aesthetically and socially, offering samples and practical considerations for both studio critiques for artists and professional criticism for public audiences. This book is a clear and accessible guide for students of art history, photography and criticism, as well as anyone interested in carefully looking at and talking about photographs and their effects on the world in which we live.