
Old in Art School
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Nell Painter
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Nell Painter
Following her retirement from Princeton University, celebrated historian Dr. Nell Irvin Painter surprised everyone in her life by returning to school - in her 60s - to earn a BFA and MFA in painting. In Old in Art School, she travels from her beloved Newark to the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design; finds meaning in the artists she loves, even as she comes to understand how they may be undervalued; and struggles with the unstable balance between the pursuit of art and the inevitable, sometimes painful, demands of a life fully lived.
How are women and artists seen and judged by their age, looks, and race? What does it mean when someone says, "You will never be an artist?" Who defines what "an artist" is and all that goes with such an identity, and how are these ideas tied to our shared conceptions of beauty, value, and difference?
Old in Art School is Nell Painter's ongoing exploration of those crucial questions. Bringing to bear incisive insights from two careers, Painter weaves a frank, funny, and often surprising tale of her move from academia to art.
A Library Journal Editor's Pick for Spring.
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Excellent if you are an artist
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Good book for artists
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The book is read by the author who does a a five star job.
My Favorite Book on the Artist's Journey
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I really liked her voice, honesty and how her personality came throufh
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Her story
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Needed This
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wouldn t change a thing
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Fascinating
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She is an intelligent but self absorbed woman. I am not particularly fond of her art but I do like some of it. It’s the idea she has to always push back on what she believes is the stereotype of white people art, constantly, that makes her art ho hum, but she doesn’t seem to realize that.
Her idea that the Renaissance was just white Europeans taking food out of the mouths of poor people tells me that she has no real understanding of what the Renaissance was all about and why ‘church art’ was created.
Nell’s greatest fan is Nell herself, and although I do admire her pursuit, I wish she was just more a little more likeable.
I, Hypocrite
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Painter describes the artist’s process with a detailed clarity that should be required reading for undergraduate and graduate art students, as well as art history students, curators and collectors.
In particular, I urge mature artists to read this book. It will bring great enjoyment and realization that we are not alone.
Just about perfect for my time of life
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