Paintings and the Past: Philosophy, History, Art

ISBN-13: 9781032092638 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 248 str.

Ivan Gaskell

Opis

This book is an exploration of how art—specifically paintings in the European manner—can be mobilized to make knowledge claims about the past.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Why Paintings? Why Art?

Chapter 2: The Puzzle of Meaning

Chapter 3: To Draw, to Paint

Chapter 4: Genius, a Warning

Chapter 5: Material Realities: Trompe l’oeil

Chapter 6: Paintings that Might or Might not be Art: Poland

Chapter 7: Paintings that Might or Might not be Art: China

Chapter 8: The Artist’s Mark

Chapter 9: Conditions of Encounter

Chapter 10: A Painter’s Tale

O autorze

Ivan Gaskell is Professor of Cultural History and Museum Studies at Bard Graduate Center, New York City. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of thirteen books, most recently Tangible Things: Making History through Objects (2015).