Art, mimesis, and the avant-garde  -  Andrew E. Benjamin

aspects of a philosophy of difference

KORTE INHOUD

Art, Mimesis and the Avant-Garde explores the relationship between art and philosophy. Andrew Benjamin argues for a reworking of the task of philosophy in terms of the centrality of ontology. It is in relation to this centrality, understood through the differences between modes of being, that art, mimesis, and the avant-garde come to be presented. A fundamental part of this book is the original interpretations of important contemporary painters and their themes: Lucian Freud's self-portraits, Francis Bacon'...
1991 Taal: Engels zie alle details...

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1991 Uitgever: Routledge 217 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0415060478 ISBN-13: 9780415060479