Photography and philosophy : essays on the pencil of nature / / edited by Scott Walden
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| Titolo: |
Photography and philosophy : essays on the pencil of nature / / edited by Scott Walden
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| 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->
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| 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.: | 9910840709803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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New directions in aesthetics ; ; 5.