| The Picture in Question: Mark Tansey and the Ends of Representation Contributor(s): Taylor, Mark C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226791297 ISBN-13: 9780226791296 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1999 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Individual Artists - General - Art | Criticism & Theory |
| Dewey: 759.13 |
| LCCN: 98-34761 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.59" W x 8.5" (0.46 lbs) 151 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Taylor, Mark C.: - Mark C. Taylor is professor of religion at Columbia University and is the founding editor of the Religion and Postmodernism series published by the University of Chicago Press. He is the author of over two dozen books, including Speed Limits: Where Time Went and Why We Have So Little Left and Abiding Grace: Time, Modernity, Death. |