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Beyond vision : essays on the perception of art / Pavel Florensky ; compiled and edited by Nicoletta Misler ; translated by Wendy Salmond.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Florenskiĭ, P. A. (Pavel Aleksandrovich), 1882-1937.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art appreciation.
- Art criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (322 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Beyond Vision is the first English-language collection of essays on art by Pavel Florensky (1882-1937), Russian philosopher, priest, linguist, scientist, mathematician - and art historian. In addition to seven essays by Florensky, the book includes a biographical introduction and an examination of Florensky's contribution as an art historian by Nicoletta Misler. Beyond Vision reveals Florensky's fundamental attitudes to the vital questions of construction, composition, chronology, function and destination in the fields of painting, sculpture and design. His reputation as a theologian and philo
- Contents:
- Beyond Vision Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Notes to the Reader; Translator's Note; Pavel Florensky: A Biographical Sketch; Pavel Florensky as Art Historian; The Chuch Ritual as a Synthesis of the Arts; Celestial Signs; On the Efimovs' Puppet Theatre; The Stratification of Aegean Culture; On Realism; Explanation of the Cover; Reverse Perspective; References; Biographical Sources; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-45045-X
- 9786612450457
- 1-86189-639-5
- OCLC:
- 465203588
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