What drawing and painting really mean : the phenomenology of image and gesture / Paul Crowther.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crowther, Paul, author.

Series:

Routledge advances in art and visual studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drawing--Philosophy.

Drawing.

Painting--Philosophy.

Painting.

Phenomenology and art.

Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

ix, 168 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

"There are as many meanings to drawing and painting as there are cultural contexts for them to exist in. But this is not the end of the story. Drawings and paintings are made, and in their making embody unique meanings that transform our perception of space-time and sense of finitude. These meanings have not been addressed by art history or visual studies hitherto, and have only been considered indirectly by philosophers (mainly in the phenomenological tradition). If these intrinsic meanings are explained and further developed, then the philosophy of art practice is significantly enhanced. The present work, accordingly, is a phenomenology of how the gestural and digital creation of visual imagery generates self-transformation through aesthetic space.."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The Cognitive Function of the Image 16

2 Gestural Origins of Drawing and Painting: From Pre-History to Aesthetic Space 33

3 The Phenomenology of Drawing and Painting 47

4 Aesthetic Space: Drawing, Painting, and the Meaning of Everything 79

5 Art's Eternalization of the Moment 105

6 Meaning in Abstract Art 119

7 Conditions of Creativity: Drawing and Painting with Computers 132.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138232662

1138232661

OCLC:

988759382