The Picture in Question : Mark Tansey and the Ends of Representation.

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A rich exploration of the possibilities of representation after Modernism, Mark Taylor's new study charts the logic and continuity of Mark Tansey's painting by considering the philosophical ideas behind Tansey's art. Taylor examines how Tansey uses structuralist and poststructuralist...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Taylor, Mark C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.
Subjects:
Tansey, Mark, > 1949- > Criticism and interpretation.
Tansey, Mark, > 1949-
Painters.
Peintres.
painters (artists)
Painters
modernism, visual art, mark tansey, structuralism, poststructuralism, catastrophe, chaos, complexity, paintings, plato, kant, hegel, truth, de man, derrida, merleau-ponty, monochrome, fresco, san francisco, media, appropriation, simulation, popular culture, sculpture, last judgement, allegory, magritte, puns, nonfiction, interpretation.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:A rich exploration of the possibilities of representation after Modernism, Mark Taylor's new study charts the logic and continuity of Mark Tansey's painting by considering the philosophical ideas behind Tansey's art. Taylor examines how Tansey uses structuralist and poststructuralist thought as well as catastrophe, chaos, and complexity theory to create paintings that please the eye while provoking the mind. Taylor's clear accounts of thinkers ranging from Plato, Kant, and Hegel to Merleau-Ponty, Derrida, and de Man will be an invaluable contribution to students and teachers of art.
Physical Description:1 online resource (158 pages)
ISBN:9780226791272
0226791270

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