The Art and Science of Portraiture

"The writing is beautiful, the ideas persuasive, and the picture it paints of the process of careful observation is one that every writer should read. . . . A rich and wonderful book." --American Journal of EducationA landmark contribution to the field of research methodology, this remarkable book illuminates the origins, purposes, and features of portraiture--placing it within the larger discourse on social science inquiry and mapping it onto the broader terrain of qualitative research.

Jessica Hoffmann Davis is the director of the Arts in Education Concentration and a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.