Eugene Delacroix's review of Le Dessin sans maître and the modernized discourse of drawing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11724908 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joyce Bernstein Howell (0000-0001-5134-8945, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 223-243 |
| Publication date | 2005-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Word & Image (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-6286 • E-ISSN: 1943-2178 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02666286.2005.10462114 |
| OpenAlex | W1989122965 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
At the beginning of the nineteenth century a well-defined doctrine of drawing was a fundamental and accented part of the discourse and practice of art in France. The identity of drawing - life drawing in particular - was secure. and its aesthetic role was exalted. In the decades that followed the aesthetic rank of drawing declined. In Romantic and Realist aesthetics drawing theory was not a preoccupation, and individual practices, some of which included photography as well, replaced unified dogma. At the same time drawing attained a new prominence, not as an art but as a skill for the masses. As such, drawing was redefined as a practical means to produce a range of abilities for schoolchildren, workers, and other non-artist adults. Whereas antecedent aesthetic rationalizations had constructed the practice of drawing as a mysterious physical manifestation of an artist's ideas, new versions recast drawing as an instrument of human betterment characterized in terms of consequences for the drawing subject. Despite optimistic enthusiasm and wide consensus concerning the utilitarian potential of drawing, there was serious disagreement over what capacities drawing developed and over methods, and all positions were incompatible with the antecedent aesthetic model. Not surprisingly, selecting methods for applications of various sorts was fitfully complicated. By mid-century drawing had a new prominence as a cultural practice but identity crisis had replaced what was once its stalwart identity as the heart of high art
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |