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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463356603321

Autore

hoogland renee c. <1960-, >

Titolo

Violent Embrace : Art and Aesthetics after Representation / / renee c. hoogland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hanover, New Hampshire : , : Dartmouth College Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61168-492-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Interfaces: studies in visual culture

Disciplina

701/.17

Soggetti

Art - Psychology

Aesthetics

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 | Artistic Activity; 2 | Violent Becomings; 3 | Neo-Aesthetics and the Study of the Arts of the Present; 4 | The Groundless Realities of Art Photography; Color Plates; 5 | The Ruse of the Ruins, or: Detroit's Nonreal Estate; 6 | Visualizing the Face; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An urgent defense of aesthetics and the power of art