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Philosophy and the Visual Arts

Seeing and Abstracting

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  • © 1987

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  1. Andrew Harrison
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Part of the book series: Royal Institute of Philosophy Conferences (RIPC, volume 4)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Abstracting and Depicting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Depiction and the Golden Calf

      • Michael Podro
      Pages 3-28

    3. Painting, Expression, Abstraction

      • Carolyn Wilde
      Pages 29-50

    4. Dimensions of Meaning

      • Andrew Harrison
      Pages 51-76

    5. Cubism — Abstract or Realist?

      • Roger L. Taylor
      Pages 77-95

    6. Representing and Abstracting

      • Peter Hobbis
      Pages 97-120

    7. Alienation and Disalienation in Abstract Art

      • Paul Crowther
      Pages 121-133

    8. On Attempting to Define Abstract Art

      • Dieter Peetz
      Pages 135-154

    9. On Being an Abstract Artist

      • Paul Ziff
      Pages 155-166

  3. Depicting Colours

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
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    2. Identity, Predication and Colour

      • Bernard Harrison
      Pages 169-189

    3. Colour Systems and Perception in Early Abstract Painting

      • John Gage
      Pages 191-200

    4. Colour, Culture and Cinematography

      • John Clark
      Pages 201-219

    5. Form and Meaning in Colour

      • Peter Lloyd Jones
      Pages 221-233

    6. Colour Appearances and the Colour Solid

      • Adam Morton
      Pages 235-252

  4. The Limits of Depiction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
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    2. Perspective and Meaning: Illusion, Allusion and Collusion

      • Martin Kemp
      Pages 255-276

    3. Looking at Pictures and Looking at Things

      • Kendall L. Walton
      Pages 277-302

    4. Some New Problems in Perspective

      • John Fisher
      Pages 303-316
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About this book

This volume consists of papers given to the Royal Institute of Philos­ ophy Conference on 'Philosophy and the Visual Arts: Seeing and Abstracting' given at the University of Bristol in September 1985. The contributors here come about equally from the disciplines of Philosophy and Art History and for that reason the Conference was hosted jointly by the Bristol University Departments of Philosophy and History of Art. Other conferences sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy have been concerned with links between Philosophy and related disciplines, but here, with the generous support of South West Arts and with the enthusiastic co-operation of the staff of the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol we were able to attempt even more in the way of bridge building; not only were we able to hold some of our meetings in as possible to the general the Gallery, thus making them as accessible public, but we were also privileged in having our discussions supported by two exhibitions of contemporary painting that together presented contrasting aspects of the abstracting enterprise. One, featuring works by Ian McKeever, and drawings and painting by Frank Auerbach, some of which are discussed and illustrated in the present volume, was about the painterly exploration of 'abstracting from' images in nature and in painting itself. The other, curated by Waldemar Januszczak, while showing some figurative works, was concerned with the 'pure' power of colour perceived 'abstractly, in its own right.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Philosophy and the Visual Arts

  • Book Subtitle: Seeing and Abstracting

  • Editors: Andrew Harrison

  • Series Title: Royal Institute of Philosophy Conferences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3847-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2468-7Published: 30 November 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8213-6Published: 03 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3847-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 361

  • Topics: Philosophy, general, Fine Arts, Aesthetics

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