Merleau-Ponty at the gallery : questioning art beyond his reach / Véronique M. Fóti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fóti, Véronique Marion, author.

Series:

SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 1908-1961.

Merleau-Ponty, Maurice.

Aesthetics.

Art--Philosophy.

Art.

Physical Description:

ix, 153 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Questioning art beyond his reach

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological ontology engages deeply with visual art, and this aspect of his work remains significant not only to philosophers, but also to artists, art theorists, and critics. Until recently, scholarly attention has been focused on the artists he himself was inspired by and wrote about, chiefly Cézanne, Klee, Matisse, and Rodin. Merleau-Ponty at the Gallery expands and shifts the focus to address a range of artists (Giorgio Morandi, Kiki Smith, Cy Twombly, Joan Mitchell, and Ellsworth Kelly) whose work came to prominence in the second half of the twentieth century and thus primarily after the philosopher's death. Véronique M. Fóti does not confine her analyses to Merleau-Ponty's texts (which now importantly include his late lecture courses), but also engages directly with the art. Of particular concern to her is the art's ethical bearing, especially as related to animal and vegetal life. The book's concluding chapter addresses the still-widespread rejection of beauty as an aesthetic value"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: A plethora of issues

Transcending profane vision : the art of Giorgio Morandi

At vision's crossroads : body, animality, and cosmos in the art of Kiki Smith

Image and writ in Cy Twombly's visual poetics

Resonances of silence and dimension of color : the art of Joan Mitchell

Plant drawing, abstraction, and the philosophy of nature : the art of Ellsworth Kelly

Strong beauty and structures of exclusion

More ethereal bodies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Fóti, Véronique M., 1938- Merleau-ponty at the gallery.

ISBN:

9781438478036

1438478038

OCLC:

1140361045