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Transfigurements: On the True Sense of Art

By John Sallis

Book information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0226734226, 9780226734224
LCC
BH39 .S25195 2008
Open Library ID
OL16504315M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1098508 bytes)
Pages
208\206
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

What is art really about? What is its true sense? For John Sallis, we cannot gain a genuine understanding of art by merely translating its effects into conceptual language. Rather, works of art must be approached in a way that does justice to their sensuous and enigmatic character—that illuminates their capacity to present truth without pretending to dispel the real mystery at art’s core.             Transfigurements develops a framework for thinking about art through innovative readings of some of the most important philosophical writing on the subject by Kant, Hegel, and Heidegger. Sallis exposes new layers in these texts and theories while also marking their limits. By doing so, his aim is to show that philosophy needs to attend to art directly. Consequently, Sallis also addresses a wide range of works of art, including paintings by Raphael, Monet, and Klee; Shakespeare’s comedies; and the music of Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler, and Tan Dun. Through these interpretations of classic works from both fields, Sallis puts forth a compelling new elaboration of the philosophy of art.

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