The Blind Spot: An Essay on the Relations Between Painting and Sculpture in the Modern Age (Getty Publications –) - Hardcover

Lichenstein, .

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0892368926 ISBN 13: 9780892368921

Publisher: Getty Publications, 2008

Synopsis

Beginning in the seventeenth century, many of Europe's greatest writers and artists became embroiled in a debate that centered on the priority of paintings or sculpture, touch or sight, colour or design, ancient or modern."The Blind Spot" guides us through these historic quarrels, decoding the key terms of the heated discussions and revealing how the players were influenced by the concurrent explosions of scientific discoveries concerning the senses of sight and touch.Drawing on the works of Rene Descartes, Roger de Piles, Denis Diderot, Charles Baudelaire, and Emile Zola among others, this volume lets readers eavesdrop on an energetic and contentious topic that preoccupied European intellectuals for three hundred years.

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Review:

"A remarkable account of the fate of sculpture."--"Art Bulletin"

"Fundamentally, this is a book about the development of modernity. . . . A timely and welcome publication."--"The Art Book"""

"Sumptuously produced, with luscious color plates, and well translated, this work will appeal to a range of readers interested in art history and theory. Recommended."--"Choice """

A remarkable account of the fate of sculpture. "Art Bulletin""

Fundamentally, this is a book about the development of modernity. . . . A timely and welcome publication. "The Art Book"

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Sumptuously produced, with luscious color plates, and well translated, this work will appeal to a range of readers interested in art history and theory. Recommended. "Choice"

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Fundamentally, this is a book about the development of modernity. . . . A timely and welcome publication. The Art Book

"

Sumptuously produced, with luscious color plates, and well translated, this work will appeal to a range of readers interested in art history and theory. Recommended. Choice

"

A remarkable account of the fate of sculpture. Art Bulletin

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-Fundamentally, this is a book about the development of modernity. . . . A timely and welcome publication.---The Art Book

About the Author:

Jacqueline Lichtenstein is a professor of philosophy at the University of Paris-IV-Sorbonne specializing in the history and criticism of art and aesthetics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Getty Publications
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0892368926
• ISBN 13: 9780892368921
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232