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Painting and Reality
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Painting and Reality
Series: Bollingen Series
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A classic study of the art of painting and its relationship to
reality In this book, Étienne Gilson puts forward a bold
interpretation of the kind of reality depicted in paintings and its
relation to the natural order. Drawing on insights from the
writings of great painters—from Leonardo, Reynolds, and Constable
to Mondrian and Klee—Gilson shows how painting is foreign to the
order of language and knowledge. Painting, he argues, seeks to add
new beings to nature, not to represent those that already exist.
For this reason, we must distinguish it from another art, that of
picturing, which seeks to produce images of actual or possible
beings. Though pictures play an important part in human life, they
do not belong in the art of painting. Through this distinction,
Gilson sheds new light on the evolution of modern painting. A
magisterial work of scholarship by an acclaimed historian of
philosophy, Painting and Reality features paintings from both
classical and modern schools, and includes extended selections from
the writings of Reynolds, Delacroix, Gris, Gill, and Ozenfant.
General
Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Bollingen Series |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
First published: |
1958 |
Authors: |
Etienne Gilson
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Dimensions: |
254 x 203mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
488 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-25186-8 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-691-25186-X |
Barcode: |
9780691251868 |
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