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Aesthetics and Painting

Book information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2008
ISBN
9781472545381, 9780826485205, 9780826485212
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2798495 bytes)
Series
Bloomsbury Aesthetics
Pages
\197
Library
bloomsburycollections.com
Time added
2023-07-01 01:12:22

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.

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