Description: What is a Picture? by M. Newall Using an approach deeply informed by philosophy of art, art history and perceptual psychology, this book places seeing at the centre of an original theory of pictorial representation and explores the ramifications such a theory has for the visual arts. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Using an approach deeply informed by philosophy of art, art history and perceptual psychology, this book places seeing at the centre of an original theory of pictorial representation and explores the ramifications such a theory has for the visual arts. Notes This book develops and defends an original theory of depiction which it uses to give new insights into a range of issues in the visual arts around realism and abstraction. Author Biography MICHAEL NEWALL is Lecturer in History & Philosophy of Art at the University of Kent, UK. He is winner of the 2009 John Fisher Memorial Prize in Aesthetics. Table of Contents List of figures Acknowledgements Introduction Convention Seeing and the Experience of Pictures A Theory of Depiction Resemblance Transparency and Resemblance Realism Varieties of Realism Abstraction Notes Index Long Description What is a picture? Is it a symbol, a likeness, a trigger of certain visual experiences or cognitive states? Each of these ideas, wrongly placed in competition by earlier theorists, gives some insight into what a picture is. This book draws together, criticises and refines these ideas to develop a new theory of pictures, that understands pictures to be an intrinsically visual from of representation. Using an approach deeply informed by art history and perceptual psychology, it explores the ramifications such a theory has for the visual arts, developing a new theory of pictorial realism, reconsidering the special status often granted to perspective-based realism in art, and giving a powerful new analysis of abstraction in modern painting. Description for Bookstore This book develops and defends an original theory of depiction which it uses to give new insights into a range of issues in the visual arts around realism and abstraction. Details ISBN0230276555 ISBN-10 0230276555 ISBN-13 9780230276550 Format Hardcover Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Language English Media Book Year 2010 Publication Date 2010-12-21 Short Title WHAT IS A PICT 2010/E Edition Description 2010 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Depiction, Realism, Abstraction Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 234 Author M. Newall UK Release Date 2010-12-21 AU Release Date 2010-12-21 NZ Release Date 2010-12-21 Illustrations VIII, 234 p. Alternative 9781349325191 DEWEY 153.7 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:97217584;
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Book Title: What Is a Picture?: Depiction, Realism, Abstraction
Item Height: 216mm
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Author: M. Newall
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Popular Philosophy, Art Theory
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Year: 2010
Item Weight: 435g
Number of Pages: 234 Pages