Aesthetics and painting / Jason Gaiger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaiger, Jason, author.

Series:

Continuum aesthetics.

Continuum aesthetics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Painting--Philosophy.

Painting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Aesthetics and Painting introduces and opens up current debates and ideas in the aesthetics of painting. At the book's center is an investigation of the complex relationship between what a painting depicts and the means by which it is depicted. The book looks at: how and why painting may be distinguished from other art forms; the relationship between the painted surface and the depicted subject; the "rules of representation" specific to painting; abstract art and nonrepresentational painting; the most recent technological and aesthetic developments and their implications; the role of the artist-and that of the spectator. A sophisticated treatment of major ideas in art and philosophy, Aesthetics and Painting remains highly readable throughout, offering a clear and coherent account of the nature of painting as an art form

Contents:

Painting and philosophy

A window onto the world

Surface and subject

Resemblance and denotation

Pictorial style

Modernism and the avant-garde.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-173) and index.

ISBN:

9786612870934

9781441154583

1441154582

9781472545381

1472545389

9781282870932

1282870939

9781441103642

1441103643

OCLC:

676698609