Paul Crowther

The Transhistorical Image

Philosophizing Art and Its History

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Produktbeschreibung

In this 2002 book, Paul Crowther explores the philosophy of visual art and its history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780521811149
• ISBN-10: 0521811147
• Artikelnr.: 25468956

Autorenporträt

Paul Crowther is Professor for Art and Philosophy at the International University Bremen. His books include The Language of Twentieth-Century Art: A Conceptual History (1997) and Art and Embodiment: From Aesthetics to Self-Consciousness (1993).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: 1. Formalism, art history and effective historical differences
2. More than ornament: Riegl and the problem of style
3. The objective significance of perspective: Panofsky with Cassirer
Part II: 4. The fundamental categories of art history
Part III: 5. The abstract image: a theory of non-figurative art
6. The containment of memory: Duchamp, Fahrenholz and the Box
Conclusion: Conceptual art, even ... (fundamental categories thereof)
Appendix. The logical basis of pictorial representation.