Truth in Painting - Hardcover

Derrida, Jacques

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226143236 ISBN 13: 9780226143231

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1987

Synopsis

"The four essays in this volume constitute Derrida's most explicit and sustained reflection on the art work as pictorial artifact, a reflection partly by way of philosophical aesthetics (Kant, Heidegger), partly by way of a commentary on art works and art scholarship (Van Gogh, Adami, Titus-Carmel). The illustrations are excellent, and the translators, who clearly see their work as both a rendering and a transformation, add yet another dimension to this richly layered composition. Indispensable to collections emphasizing art criticism and aesthetics."—Alexander Gelley, Library Journal

About this title

About the Author:

Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) was director of studies at the ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales, Paris, and professor of humanities at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of many books published by the University of Chicago Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0226143236
• ISBN 13: 9780226143231
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 408