Poetry and Art Month Book Spotlight

Instead of looking at photography as a strict art form, Feeling Photography chooses instead to explore photography as a broad category and its relation to people's lives. The authors in this collection explore themes of grief, sexuality, colonialism, civil rights, social politics, citizenship, and school photos among other topics. Because of the personal nature of these topics, the central focus is of people and emotion, how we react to both professional and amateur photography. If you want to read about art in a meaningful context, Feeling Photography will provide excellent insight into photography's powerful effect on humanity.

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Poetry and Art Month Book Spotlight

Art forms sometimes come from unexpected places and are undervalued in their own time. Author David A. Ensminger explores such art and its respective culture in Visual Vitriol: The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation. The art from the punk and hardcore music scene comes in the forms of concert posters, flyers, and street art and allows marginalized groups in society to find a voice of resistance. Some outside of this subculture may deem the art offensive or a nuisance, but these creative endeavors are a testament to the human desire to express oneself and declare one's presence where it has been ignored.

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Poetry and Art Month Book Spotlight

Many people have had some sort of introduction on how to read and appreciate literature and even music, but art rarely receives such attention. In her book Art: A Beginner's Guide, Laurie Schneider Adams gives a broad overview of Western art. Adams delves into the topics of the definitions, ideas and themes, origins, form and meaning, and purposes of art and discusses why art sometimes causes controversy. This succinct book is an essential guide to anyone who wants to develop a deeper appreciation of art but is not sure where to start.

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Poetry and Art Month Book Spotlight

We are surrounded by images and text that are constantly telling us something or influencing our behavior. Good artists, graphic designers, and typographers are skilled at making these subtle commands and influences both effective and attractive. In Stop, Think, Go, Do: How Typography & Graphic Design Influence Behavior, Steven Heller and Mirko Ilić discuss and explain the eight uses of typography and graphic design: to inform, to advocate, to play, to caution, to entertain, to express, to educate, and to transform.

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