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Transfigurements develops a framework for thinking about art through innovative readings of some of the most important philosophical writing on the subject by Kant, Hegel, and Heidegger. Sallis exposes new layers in their texts and theories while also marking their limits. By doing so, his aim is to show that philosophy needs to attend to art directly. Consequently, Sallis also addresses a wide range of works of art, including paintings by Raphael, Monet, and Klee; Shakespeare’s comedies; and the music of Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler, and Tan Dun. Through these interpretations, he puts forth a compelling new elaboration of the philosophy of art.

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Writing about the true sense in art the way Sallis does pays great respect to the work itself: he does not efface the work of art as philosophers are wont to do, but calls attention to its surface, its color, its 'carnation,' its soundings. Sallis bears witness to that which we tend to pass over too soon; his capacity to linger at the site of the sensible makes reading this book a real pleasure. - Dennis J. Schmidt, Pennsylvania State University

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John Sallis is the Frederick J. Adelmann Professor of Philosophy at Boston College and the author of numerous books, including The Verge of Philosophy and Shades - Of Painting at the Limit.

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