Curtis's style makes this process abundantly clear – but he still invites you to be seduced by the brilliant visual craft of his argument.
That's changing, but it's a historical pattern, and it's the reason visual craft needs to be understood within television's unique context.
The good news is that the overall levels of visual craft, technical achievement and storytelling panache in video games have never been higher.
A few days ago, the critic Matt Seitz wrote a valuable, provocative, and deliciously finger-jabbing manifesto, arguing that TV and film critics concentrate too much on plot and character and theme and don't write enough about visual craft.
By Emily Nussbaum March 28 , 2014A few days ago, the critic Matt Seitz wrote a valuable, provocative, and deliciously finger-jabbing manifesto, arguing that TV and film critics concentrate too much on plot and character and theme and don't write enough about visual craft.
The Academy often likes to indiscriminately hand its visual-crafts awards as a kind of package deal to a single film; if it's that kind of year, this is the one.
Offerings encompass visual arts, crafts, documentary film, standup comedy and theater, including "Richard III: An Arab Tragedy," a contemporary interpretation of Shakespeare's play that examines the Arab world's relationship with the West, from Sulayman Al-Bassam, a Kuwaiti director.
The art forms prompted in the email/flyer were the visual arts, craft, performing arts, literature, digital/electronic arts and community festivals.
Through Aug. 8. "Make Me Something Beautiful: 2010 New Jersey Craft Arts Annual," works by visual artists and crafts people.
Alan set the new policy framework for the visual arts and crafts in preparation for the UK Year of the Artist in 1996.
