'The essays in this volume tend to focus on issues of visual representation. Broadly speaking, two distinct approaches emerge here. (1) The first position argues that representation is always a matter of convention, not of essence. It refuses to ground representation either in perception or in the phenomenological experience of the world. According to such a view, the work of art is wholly defined by its historical conditions of origin and reception. (2) The second position seeks, in Aristotelian fashion, to define an essence of art. By reference to perceptual and/or phenomenological assumptions putatively shared by all human beings, this approach is designed to be independent of issues of historical variation. Consequently artistic truth is often construed as trans-historical.' -quoted from the Introduction.
Includes index
Includes index
Access level
Onsite
publisher
editor
Location code
REF.BRN2
Language
English
Keywords
Publication/Creation date
1991
No of pages
286
ISBN / ISSN
0064304019
No of copies
1
Content type
anthology
Visual Theory: Painting and Interpretation
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