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Record Nr.

UNINA9910554219303321

Autore

Grootenboer Hanneke

Titolo

The pensive image : art as a form of thinking / / Hanneke Grootenboer [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago : , : The University of Chicago Press, , 2021

ISBN

0-226-71800-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 pages) : illustrations (some colour)

Collana

Chicago scholarship online

Disciplina

700.1

Soggetti

Art - Philosophy

Painting - Philosophy

Art, Modern - History

Painting, Modern - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also issued in print: 2021.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Art as a form of thinking -- Defining the pensive image. Theorizing stillness ; tracing the Denkbild -- Painting as philosophical reflection. Room for reflection : interior and interiority; The profundity of still life; Painting as a space for thought -- Painting's wonder.

Sommario/riassunto

While the philosophical dimension of painting has long been discussed, a clear case for painting as a form of visual thinking has yet to be made. Traditionally, vanitas still life paintings are considered to raise ontological issues while landscapes direct the mind towards introspection. Grootenboer moves beyond these considerations to focus on what remains unspoken in painting, the implicit and inexpressible that manifests in a quality she calls pensiveness.