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Art and thought / edited by Dana Arnold and Margaret Iversen.

Contributor(s): Arnold, Dana [editor.] | Iversen, Margaret [editor.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: New interventions in art history: Publisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishing, 2003Description: x, 224 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780631227151 (paperback); 0631227156; 9780631227144.Subject(s): Arts -- History | Arts -- Philosophy | Art and Design | Theory of art | Fine arts: treatments & subjects | History of philosophy, philosophical traditionsDDC classification: 701 | 701 ART
Contents:
Aristotle, Titian and tragic painting / Thomas Puttfarken -- Wax, brick and bread : apotheosis of matter and meaning in seventeenth-century philosophy and painting / Jay Bernstein -- Kant and aesthetic imagination / Michael Podro -- Meaning, identity, embodiment : the uses of Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology in art history / Amelia Jones -- Art works, utterances and things / Alex Potts -- Art and the ethical : modernism and the problem of minimalism / Jonathan Vickery -- Does are think? How can we think the feminine, aesthectically? / Griselda Pollock -- What was postminimalism? / Stephen Melville -- Museum as work in the age of technological display : reading Heidegger through Tate Modern / Diarmuid Costello -- Eyes wide shut : some considerations thought and art / Adrian Rifkin.
Summary: This work explores the relationship between the discipline of art history and important movements in the history of western thought from the Renaissance onwards.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending 701 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00230036
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 701 ART (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000540140
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Art and Thought is a collection of newly commissioned essays that explores the relationship between the discipline of art history and important movements in the history of western thought. Brings together newly commissioned essays that explore the relationship between the discipline of art history and movements in the history of western thought. Considers the impact of the writings of key thinkers, including Aristotle, Kant, and Heidegger, on the way in which objects are perceived and understood and histories of art are constructed, deconstructed, and reconfigured according to varying sets of philosophical frameworks. Introduces the reader to the dynamic interface between philosophical reflections and art practices. Part of the New Interventions in Art History series, which is published in conjunction with the Association of Art Historians.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Aristotle, Titian and tragic painting / Thomas Puttfarken -- Wax, brick and bread : apotheosis of matter and meaning in seventeenth-century philosophy and painting / Jay Bernstein -- Kant and aesthetic imagination / Michael Podro -- Meaning, identity, embodiment : the uses of Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology in art history / Amelia Jones -- Art works, utterances and things / Alex Potts -- Art and the ethical : modernism and the problem of minimalism / Jonathan Vickery -- Does are think? How can we think the feminine, aesthectically? / Griselda Pollock -- What was postminimalism? / Stephen Melville -- Museum as work in the age of technological display : reading Heidegger through Tate Modern / Diarmuid Costello -- Eyes wide shut : some considerations thought and art / Adrian Rifkin.

This work explores the relationship between the discipline of art history and important movements in the history of western thought from the Renaissance onwards.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Notes on Contributors (p. vii)
  • Series Editor's Preface (p. xi)
  • Editors' Introduction (p. 1)
  • 1 Aristotle, Titian, and Tragic Painting (p. 9)
  • 2 Wax, Brick, and Bread: Apotheoses of Matter and Meaning in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy and Painting (p. 28)
  • 3 Kant and the Aesthetic Imagination (p. 51)
  • 4 Meaning, Identity, Embodiment: The Uses of Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology in Art History (p. 71)
  • 5 Art Works, Utterances, and Things (p. 91)
  • 6 Art and the Ethical: Modernism and the Problem of Minimalism (p. 111)
  • 7 Does Are Think? How Can We Think the Feminine, Aesthetically? (p. 129)
  • 8 What was Postminimalism? (p. 156)
  • 9 Museum as Work in the Age of Technological Display: Reading Heidegger Through Tate Modern (p. 174)
  • 10 Eyes Wide Shut: Some Considerations on Thought and Art (p. 197)
  • Bibliography (p. 209)
  • Index (p. 216)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dana Arnold is Professor of Architectural History at the University of Southampton and Director of the Centre for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism
Margaret Iversen is Professor of Art History and Theory at the University of Essex