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Art, agency and living presence : from the animated image to the excessive object /
Throughout history, and all over the world, viewers have treated works of art as if they are living beings: speaking to them, falling in love with them, kissing or beating them. This book is a contribution towards an understanding of such responses, by drawing on ancient rhetoric and the theories of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
De Gruyter,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Studien aus dem Warburg-Haus ;
Bd. 16. Reihe Kunst und Wirkmacht. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Throughout history, and all over the world, viewers have treated works of art as if they are living beings: speaking to them, falling in love with them, kissing or beating them. This book is a contribution towards an understanding of such responses, by drawing on ancient rhetoric and the theories of Aby Warburg and Alfred Gell, and by retracing the history of attempts to understand - or even excite - such response. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110345568 3110345560 9783110345575 3110345579 |