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Shades - Of Painting at the Limit

By John Sallis

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
1998
ISBN
0253334241, 9780253334244
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
25 MB (26119209 bytes)
Series
Studies in Continental Thought
Pages
208\208
Topic
Art
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-03-19 07:27:25

Description

"[Sallis’s] ideas are presented in a singular, scholarly, remarkable, captivating, conceptually rigorous, dense, and deep manner.... Highly recommended." —Choice"This fascinating book by one of the more original voices writing philosophy in English poses questions about the nature of the visible and invisible, sensible and intelligible." —Dennis SchmidtWhat is it that an artist paints in a painting? Working from paintings themselves rather than from philosophical theories, John Sallis shows how, through shades and limits, the painter renders visible the light that confers visibility on things. In his extended examination of three phases in the development of modern painting, Sallis focuses on the work of Claude Monet, Wassily Kandinsky, and Mimmo Paladino—three painters who, each in his own way, carry painting to the limit.

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