What Drawing and Painting Really Mean: The Phenomenology of Image and Gesture

Author:   Paul Crowther (National University of Ireland, Galway)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367331443


Pages:   168
Publication Date:   14 May 2019
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Author:   Paul Crowther (National University of Ireland, Galway)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367331443


ISBN 10:   0367331446
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   14 May 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of fi gures List of plates Acknowledgments Introduction: Drawing and Painting in the Age of Networks 1. The Cognitive Function of the Image 2. Origins of Drawing and Painting: the Hominid Creation of Aesthetic Space 3. The Phenomenology of Drawing and Painting 4. A Bigger Picture: Drawing, Painting, and the Structure of Aesthetic Space 5. Art’s Eternalization of the Moment 6. The Aesthetic Space of Abstract Art 7. Conditions of Creativity: Drawing and Painting with Computers Conclusion: Drawing and Painting at the Limits of Art Bibliography Index

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...The book makes a welcome contribution to the philosophy of the visual arts, offering a much-needed theoretical alternative to continental philosophy for practice-based doctoral theses. ...Overall, the book is a timely contribution which responds to growing interest within the field. - Journal of Visual Art Practice


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Paul Crowther is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He was formerly Reader in Aesthetics and the History of Art at Oxford University. Of his many monographs, the most recent is How Pictures Complete Us: The Beautiful, the Sublime, and the Divine.

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