Aesthetics and Painting

by Jason Gaiger

Book Overview

Aesthetics and Painting introduces and opens up current debates and ideas in the aesthetics of painting. At the book's center is an investigation of the complex relationship between what a painting depicts and the means by which it is depicted. The book looks at: how and why painting may be distinguished from other art forms; the relationship between the painted surface and the depicted subject; the "rules of representation" specific to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826485200
• ISBN13: 9780826485205
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.7"