Figures of History

by Jacques Rancière

Book Overview

In this important new book the leading philosopher JacquesRanci re continues his reflections on the representative powerof works of art. How does art render events that have spanned anera? What roles does it assign to those who enacted them or thosewho were the victims of such events?

Ranci re considers these questions in relation to the works ofClaude Lanzmann, Goya, Manet, Kandinsky and Barnett Newman, amongothers, and demonstrates that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745679579
• ISBN13: 9780745679570
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.8" x 7.4"