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Titolo: | Photography and philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : essays on the pencil of nature / / edited by Scott Walden |
Pubblicazione: | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., c2008 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (340 p.) |
Disciplina: | 770.1 |
Soggetto topico: | Photography - Philosophy |
Photography, Artistic - Philosophy | |
Altri autori: | WaldenScott <1961-> |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-317) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Photography and Philosophy: Essays on the Pencil of Nature; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Transparent Pictures: On the Nature of Photographic Realism; 2 Photographs and Icons; 3 Photographs as Evidence; 4 Truth in Photography; 5 Documentary Authority and the Art of Photography; 6 Photography and Representation; 7 How Photographs "Signify": Cartier-Bresson's "Reply" to Scruton; 8 Scales of Space and Time in Photography: "Perception Points Two Ways"; 9 True Appreciation; 10 Landscape and Still Life: Static Representations of Static Scenes |
11 The Problem with Movie Stars12 Pictures of King Arthur: Photography and the Power of Narrative; 13 The Naked Truth; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | This anthology offers a fresh approach to the philosophical aspects of photography. The essays, written by contemporary philosophers in a thorough and engaging manner, explore the far-reaching ethical dimensions of photography as it is used today. A first-of-its-kind anthology exploring the link between the art of photography and the theoretical questions it raisesWritten in a thorough and engaging mannerEssayists are all contemporary philosophers who bring with them an exceptional understanding of the broader metaphysical issues pertaining to photographyTak |
Titolo autorizzato: | Photography and philosophy |
ISBN: | 1-282-34210-X |
9786612342103 | |
0-470-69665-6 | |
0-470-69589-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910144424303321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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