From Head to Hand: Art and the Manual

by David Levi Strauss and Athena Dixon

In his third book, Strauss delves into the mysterious process whereby an idea is born in the mind and materialized through the hand in the expression of an artwork. How exactly does this happen? It's a question so basic, an act so fundamental to art-making, that it has rarely received attention. It makes an ideal topic for Strauss, a writer with an exceptional ability to animate art's philosophical dimensions in a clear, persuasive manner. During...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195391225
• ISBN13: 9780195391220
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.3"