Drawing Distinctions: The Varieties of Graphic Expression
"Drawing Distinctions is about drawing, very comprehensively conceived, from children's drawing to the map of the London Underground, and engineering diagrams to drawing by Dürer and Michaelangelo. . . . It is a remarkable book of great breadth and refined argument. . . . It should be part of the 'tool-kit' of any art historian or philosopher of art; it should also be obligatory reading for anyone in an art school teaching drawing."—Michael Podro, British Journal of Aesthetics"Patrick Maynard maintains that drawing is a tool kit, an open-ended family of relatively autonomous techniques for controlling the marks we humans have the power to make on various available surfaces—techniques we deploy in endless combinations and permutations, in the service of countless different aims and projects. He proceeds to assemble a remarkably rich and versatile array of graphic concepts, instructing us in the proper use of each as he adds it to our stock. Maynard loves his subject and studies it with a rare and welcome patience."—David Hills, Stanford University"Drawing Distinctions is written in uncommonly forthright, elegant, and generous prose. By describing in some detail the techniques of drawing, understanding each enough to develop a repertoire of theoretical concepts and distinctions, Patrick Maynard treats the important topic of pictures in a fresh way and makes a useful contribution to the philosophical literature."—Dominic McIver Lopes, Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia