Impossible presence : surface and screen in the photogenic era / edited by Terry Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Terry (Terry E.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Philosophy.

Art.

Aesthetics, Modern.

Art and electronics.

Physical Description:

309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, [2001]

Summary:

Preface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionEnervation, viscerality: the fate of the image in ModernityTerry SmithChapter 1Too much is not enough: metamorphoses of Times SquareMarshall BermanChapter 2New thresholds of vision: instantaneous photography and the early cinema of LumiereTom GunningChapter 3Through a fishwife's eye: between Benjamin and Deleuze on the timely imagePeter J. HutchingsChapter 4Realism of low resolution: digitisation and modern paintingRichard ShiffChapter 5Beauty and the contemporary sublimeJeremy Gilbert-RolfeChapter 6Andy Warhol: snobbish machineJean BaudrillardChapter 7Andy Warhol: chiasmatic visibilityHugh J. SilvermanChapter 8NakedElizabeth GroszChapter 9Visceral Cholos: desublimation and the critique of Mestizaje in the Bolivian AndesJavier SanjinesChapter 10Traffic in culture: on knowing Pintupi paintingFred R. MyersChapter 11Warped Space: architectural anxiety in digital cultureAnthony VidlerList of ImagesNotes on Contributors

Contents:

Enervation, viscerality: the fate of the image in modernity / Terry Smith

Too much is not enough: metamorphoses of Times Square / Marshall Berman

New thresholds of vision: instantaneous photography and the early cinema of Lumière / Tom Gunning

Through a fishwife's eye: between Benjamin and Deleuze on the timely image / Peter J. Hutchings

Realism of low resolution: digitisation and modern painting / Richard Shiff

Beauty and the contemporary sublime / Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe

Andy Warhol: snobbish machine / Jean Baudrillard

Andy Warhol: chiasmatic visibility / Hugh J. Silverman

Naked / Elizabeth Grosz

Visceral cholos: desublimation and the critique of Mestizaje in the Bolivian Andes / Javier Sanjines

Traffic in culture: on knowing Pintupi painting / Fred R. Myers

Warped space: architectural anxiety in digital culture / Anthony Vidler.

Notes:

Essays originally given as lectures at the Power Institute, Centre for Art and Visual Culture, University of Sydney.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0226763846

0226763854

OCLC:

46449267