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The subject matter of Subjects and Objects is the limits of Abstraction in art. The notion of Abstraction, its development in art history, and the relation of art and philosophy regarding Abstraction are considered in addition to identifying and examining things that are essential to artworks. Any artwork has an identity, and comprehension of that identity depends on a perceptual object. A subject’s apprehension of such an object creates an “artistic complex” of which the object, the subject, and the apprehension are constituents. The essential elements of this kind of complex are the subject of the final part of the work. Its concluding section considers these elements as ‘material’ to be used to determine the limits of Abstraction.

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Author:   Jeffrey Strayer
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   25
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.885kg
ISBN:  

9789004157149

ISBN 10:   900415714
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   09 March 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction PART I. PRELIMINARY ISSUES RELEVANT TO ESSENTIALIST ABSTRACTION PART II. ON SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS AND WORKS OF ART: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND BASIC POINTS OF RELEVANCE TO ESSENTIALIST ABSTRACTION Introduction Division I. Singling Something Out, Artistic Identity, and Intentional Actions Division II. Artists, Objects, and Some Minimum Conditions of Artistic Identity Division III. Artistic Identity, Subjects, and Apprehensible Objects Division IV. Artworks and Kinds of Object Division V. Art and the Aesthetic PART III. ON SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS AND ARTISTIC COMPLEXES: THE MATERIAL OF ESSENTIALISM Introduction Division I. The Notion of an Artistic Complex and Things of Relevance to It Division II. Artistic Complexes and Subjects Division III. Artistic Complexes and Objects Division IV. Subjects and Objects and Artistic Complexes Division V. The Essential Elements of Artistic Complexes Part IV. Identity and Subjects, Objects, and Language: Concluding Remarks as a Preamble to an Essentialist Investigation of the Limits of Abstraction Appendices Appendix I. On the Notions of Object, Property, Haecceity, and Diversity. Appendix II. Leibniz’s Law, the Laws of Identity and Difference, and the Identity of Indiscernibles Appendix III. Distinction, Discrimination, and Distinguishability Appendix IV. Impossible Objects Works Mentioned in the Text and Selected Bibliography Index

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Jeffrey Strayer is a Continuing Lecturer in Philosophy at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, U. S. A. Strayer is also an artist and is at work on a series of artworks in which the limits of Abstraction are determined.

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