Crescent Moon Over the Rational: Philosophical Interpretations of Paul Klee

by Stephen H. Watson

Why, and in what manner, did artist Paul Klee have such a significant impact on twentieth-century thinkers? His art and his writing inspired leading philosophers to produce key texts in twentieth-century aesthetics, texts that influenced subsequent art history and criticism.

Heidegger, Adorno, Benjamin, Merleau-Ponty, Lyotard, Sartre, Foucault, Blanchot, Derrida, and Marion are among the philosophers who have engaged with Klee's art and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804761256
• ISBN13: 9780804761253
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 8.9"