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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459047103321

Autore

Gaiger Jason

Titolo

Aesthetics and painting / / Jason Gaiger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2008

ISBN

1-4411-5458-2

1-4725-4538-9

1-282-87093-9

9786612870934

1-4411-0364-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

Continuum aesthetics

Disciplina

750.1

Soggetti

Aesthetics

Painting - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-173) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Painting and philosophy -- A window onto the world -- Surface and subject -- Resemblance and denotation -- Pictorial style -- Modernism and the avant-garde.

Sommario/riassunto

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