Crescent moon over the rational [[electronic resource] ] : philosophical interpretations of Paul Klee / / Stephen H. Watson

• Autore: Watson Stephen H. <1951->
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 760.092
• Soggetto topico: Aesthetics, Modern - 20th century; Art criticism - History - 20th century; Philosophy, Modern - 20th century; Art and philosophy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Interpreting Klee: fusing the architectonic and the poetic -- On the withdrawal of the beautiful: Adorno's and Merleau-Ponty's readings of Klee -- Gadamer, Benjamin, aesthetic modernism, and the rehabilitation of allegory: the relevance of Klee -- Of Sartre, Klee, surrealism, and philosophy: toward a nonprosaic conception of consciousness -- Heidegger, Klee's turn, and the origin of the work of art -- Fiscourse/digure: of nomadism, the specter of Oedipus, and the remnants of the sublime -- The rapture of sensuousness: color possesses me-- I am a painter.
• Sommario/riassunto: Why, and in what manner, did artist Paul Klee have such a significant impact on twentieth-century thinkers? His art and his writing inspired leading philosophers to produce key texts in twentieth-century aesthetics, texts that influenced subsequent art history and criticism. Heidegger, Adorno, Benjamin, Merleau-Ponty, Lyotard, Sartre, Foucault, Blanchot, Derrida, and Marion are among the philosophers who have engaged with Klee's art and writings. Their views are often thought to be distant from each other, but Watson puts them in conversation. His point is not to vindicate any final interpretation of Klee but to allow his interpreters' different accounts to interact, to shed light on their and on Klee's work, and, in turn, to delineate both a history and a theoretical problematic in their midst. Crescent Moon over the Rational reveals an evolving theoretical constellation of interpretations and their questions (theoretical, artistic, and political) that address and continually renew Klee's rich legacies.
• Titolo autorizzato: Crescent moon over the rational
• ISBN: 0-8047-7299-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823696003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II