The paradoxes of art : a phenomenological investigation / Alan Paskow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paskow, Alan, 1939- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Reality in art.

Painting--Philosophy.

Painting.

Reality in literature.

Belief, Problem of (Literature).

Phenomenology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this study, Alan Paskow first asks why fictional characters, such as Hamlet and Anna Karenina, matter to us and how they emotionally affect us. He then applies these questions to painting, demonstrating that certain paintings beckon us to view their contents as real. As emblematic of the fundamental concerns of our lives, paintings, he argues, are not simply in our heads but in our world. Paskow also situates the phenomenological approach to the experience of painting in relation to contemporary schools of thought, particularly Marxist, feminist, and deconstructionist.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments page; Introduction; Questions; Historical Considerations; 1 The Reality of Fictional Beings; Simulation Theory: Kendall Walton; Thought Theory; Realist Theory; 2 Things in Our World; How We View Things; Things as More Than Just Things; Beyond Anthropomorphism; 3 Why and How Others Matter; How We Are with Others; The Paradox of Identification; Leaping in for, Leaping Ahead, and Allowing Entry; Allowing Fictional Beings Entry; 4 Why and How Painting Matters; Symbolism; Inhabiting a Depicted Subworld

Being with the Woman Holding a Balance; Personal versus Public Meaning; Sensuous Matters; 5 For and Against Interpretation; The Challenges of Theory; The Response to Theory; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-81001-4

0-511-16571-4

0-511-16378-9

1-299-31863-0

0-511-18415-8

0-511-16458-0

0-511-16218-9

0-511-61628-7

OCLC:

829462240