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"In six wide-ranging lectures on art history, the problems of form, and his own career, celebrated twentieth-century activist-painter Ben Shahn explores the labor of artistic creation, the confines of formal instruction, and the realization of a genuine artistic voice"-- Provided by publis...

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Main Author: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969 (Author)
Other Authors: Gopnik, Adam (Author of introduction, etc., writer of foreword)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2025.
Series:Charles Eliot Norton lectures ; 1956-1957.
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Summary:"In six wide-ranging lectures on art history, the problems of form, and his own career, celebrated twentieth-century activist-painter Ben Shahn explores the labor of artistic creation, the confines of formal instruction, and the realization of a genuine artistic voice"-- Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:xi, 146 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9780674302426
0674302427