What does it mean to see time in the visual arts and how does art reveal the nature of time? Paul Atkinson investigates
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English Pages 336 [337] Year 2020
Table of contents :
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Figures
Introduction
Chapter 1: Durée
The poetics of philosophical argument
The theory of durée
Between metaphysics and aesthetics
Bergson’s influence on the avant-garde
Conclusion
Chapter 2: Gesture
Introspection, corporeality and the aesthetic feelings
Aesthetics, movement and decorporealization
Following the line between touch and vision
Material gestures and the resistance of matter
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Life
Life and the extension of consciousness
The apprehension of life and art’s unforeseeability
Life: Materiality and flexibility
Creation as variation
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Perception
Utilitarian perception and the logic of solid bodies
From perceptual utility to the processual real
The perception of difference and the contraction of quality
Conclusion
Notes
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Bibliography
Index