Art and the human adventure [[electronic resource] ] : André Malraux's theory of art / / Derek Allan

• Autore: Allan Derek
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, : Rodopi, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (341 p.)
• Disciplina: 701
• Soggetto topico: Art - Philosophy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-329) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- English translations of titles of Malraux’s works -- Introduction -- The Years before 1934 -- The Human Adventure -- Art: A Rival World -- Art and Creation -- The Emergence and Transformation of “Art” -- Art and Time -- The First Universal World of Art -- The Anti-Arts -- Art, History, and the Human Adventure -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: André Malraux was a major figure in French intellectual life in the twentieth century. A key component of his thought is his theory of art which presents a series of fundamental challenges to traditional explanations of the nature and purpose of art developed by post-Enlightenment aesthetics. For Malraux, art – whether visual art, literature or music – is much more than a locus of beauty or a source of “aesthetic pleasure”; it is one of the ways humanity defends itself against its fundamental sense of meaninglessness – one of the ways the “human adventure” is affirmed. Here for the first time is a comprehensive, step by step exposition, supported by illustrations, of Malraux’s theory of art as presented in major works such as The Voices of Silence and The Metamorphosis of the Gods . Suitable for both newcomers to Malraux and more advanced students, the study also examines critical responses to these works by figures such as Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Maurice Blanchot, Pierre Bourdieu, and E. H. Gombrich, and compares Malraux’s thinking with aspects of contemporary Anglo-American aesthetics. The study reveals that an account of art which Gombrich once dismissed as “sophisticated double-talk” is in reality a thoroughly coherent and highly enlightening system of thought, with revolutionary implications for the way we think about art.
• Titolo autorizzato: Art and the human adventure
• ISBN: 1-282-88213-9; 9786612882135; 90-420-2750-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809613403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Faux titre ; ; no. 341.