Art of Philosophy
«Shortlisted for 2017 "The Bridge" Book Award, American Initiative for Italian Culture»
The first book to explore the role of images in philosophical thought and teaching in the early modern period Delving into the intersections between artistic images and philosophical knowledge in Europe from the late sixteenth to the early eighteenth centuries, The Art of Philosophy shows that the making and study of visual art functioned as important methods of philosophical thinking and instruction. Les mer
Berger interprets visual art from printed books, student lecture notebooks, alba amicorum (friendship albums), broadsides, and paintings, and examines the work of such artists as Pietro Testa, Leonard Gaultier, Abraham Bosse, Durer, and Rembrandt. In particular, she focuses on the rise and decline of the "plural image," a genre that was popular among early modern philosophers. Plural images brought multiple images together on the same page, often in order to visualize systems of logic, metaphysics, natural philosophy, or moral philosophy. Featuring previously unpublished prints and drawings from the early modern period and lavish gatefolds, The Art of Philosophy reveals the essential connections between visual commentary and philosophical thought.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Princeton University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 352
- ISBN
- 9780691172279
- Utgivelsesår
- 2017
- Format
- 28 x 22 cm
Anmeldelser
«Shortlisted for 2017 "The Bridge" Book Award, American Initiative for Italian Culture»