The Mind of the Artist
Download or Read eBook The Mind of the Artist PDF written by William Todd Schultz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-03 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : William Todd Schultz |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 209 |
| Release | : 2021-12-03 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780197611098 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0197611095 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Mind of the Artist by : William Todd Schultz
Book excerpt: "How does one get to be an artist? How does one get to be anything at all? It's not as if we come into the world with pre-set destinies, or do we? and if we do, what's actually baked in, what's learned, what's a product of circumstance? Jackson Pollock started by painting Jungian archetypes in what are called his psychoanalytic drawings. He moved on to Picassoesque figurative work, as in "Guardians of the Secret" and "Moon Woman Cuts the Circle." Then, one average day, he threw a canvas on the floor. He became, miraculously, Jack the Dripper. What he'd done was so unforeseen, so puzzling, legend has it he turned to his partner Lee Krasner (herself a painter) and asked, "Is this art?""--
