Description
Aesthetics and Painting introduces and opens up current debates and ideas in the aesthetics of painting. At the book's center is an investigation of the complex relationship between what a painting depicts and the means by which it is depicted. The book looks at: how and why painting may be distinguished from other art forms; the relationship between the painted surface and the depicted subject; the "rules of representation" specific to painting; abstract art and nonrepresentational painting; the most recent technological and aesthetic developments and their implications; the role of the artist-and that of the spectator. A sophisticated treatment of major ideas in art and philosophy, Aesthetics and Painting remains highly readable throughout, offering a clear and coherent account of the nature of painting as an art form.
Table of Contents
1. Painting and Philosophy
2. A Window onto the World
3. Surface and Subject
4. Resemblance and Denotation
5. Pictorial Style
6. Modernism and the Avant-Garde
Bibliography
Index
2. A Window onto the World
3. Surface and Subject
4. Resemblance and Denotation
5. Pictorial Style
6. Modernism and the Avant-Garde
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 23 Oct 2008 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 192 |
| ISBN | 9781441154583 |
| Imprint | Continuum |
| Series | Bloomsbury Aesthetics |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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