The Sensing Body in the Visual Arts

Making and Experiencing Sculpture

Rosalyn Driscoll

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English

Bloomsbury Visual Arts
17 September 2020

Theory of art; Sculpture; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides

This book provides original grounds for integrating the bodily, somatic senses into our understanding of how we make and engage with visual art. Rosalyn Driscoll, a visual artist who spent years making tactile, haptic sculpture, shows how touch can deepen what we know through seeing, and even serve as a genuine alternative to sight.

Driscoll explores the basic elements of the somatic senses, investigating the differences between touch and sight, the reciprocal nature of touch, and the centrality of motion and emotion. Awareness of the somatic senses offers rich aesthetic and perceptual possibilities for art making and appreciation, which will be of use for students of fine art, museum studies, art history and sensory studies.

By: Rosalyn Driscoll
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 650g
ISBN: 9781350122222
ISBN 10: 135012222X
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 17 September 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1: By the Light of the Body 1. Sight and Touch 2. The Intelligent Hand 3. Motion 4. In the Mind’s Eye and Body 5. Time and Memory 6. E-motion 7. Sensible and Sensitive Part 2: Body and Art in the World 8. Touching as Seeing 9. Whole-body Seeing 10. Learning the Language 11. The Artist’s Body 12. Please Touch 13. Sense of Connection 14. Seeing as Feeling 15. Reflection Bibliography Index

Rosalyn Driscoll is an independent visual artist and scholar. Her work has been exhibited in the US, Europe and Asia, for which she has won numerous awards. Driscoll was an acting director at Brattleboro Museum and Art Centre from 1985-1990.

Reviews for The Sensing Body in the Visual Arts: Making and Experiencing Sculpture

The Sensing Body in the Visual Arts begins with the sculptor asking a simple question: what would it be like for someone to experience the work of art through touch alone? This takes her, and her reader, on a complex exploration of sensory perception and aesthetics. Touch, as Driscoll reveals, involves far more than the simple recognition of forms through tracing their outline, or the simple appreciation of different textures. A fully embodied experience of art links the intellect with the emotions, and intertwines time, space and movement. The book boldly challenges conventions of art criticism and museum display practices. It is a compelling read for anyone interested in art, with much to say to cognitive science, aesthetic philosophy, art criticism and museology. * Georgina Kleege, author of More Than Meets the Eye: What Blindness Brings to Art (2018) *