Communication: the power of location : essays on adespotic aesthetics / Luciano Nanni ; translated by Corrado Federici.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nanni, Luciano.

Series:

Semiotics and the human sciences 1054-8386 ; vol. 19.

Semiotics and the human sciences, 1054-8386 ; vol. 19

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Semiotics.

Physical Description:

197 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2000]

Contents:

On Adespotic Aesthetics: a Dialogue between a Speaker and a Member of the Audience 1

Essays

1. Poetics, Aesthetics, and Epistemology: Toward a Unified Model of Critical Understanding 13

2. Toward a Typology of Twentieth Century Aesthetic Theories on the Cause of Polysemy 29

3. Adest Opus: Contra Dogmaticos 47

4. The 'Legalities' of Criticism 69

5. Art and Criticism: Freedom as Pertinence 91

6. Aesthetics and Semiotics: The Poststructuralist 'Ribaltone' 101

Brief Essays

7. On the Two Manzonis and the Unity of Art 109

8. Directing as Paradox 115

9. In Non-Metaphoric Terms 121

10. Is a Van Gogh Painting More Artistic than a Radiator? 125

The Identity of Art: Three Voices for One Theory 127.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-194) and index.

ISBN:

0820445444

OCLC:

41452615