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- catalog abstract "Art, Mimesis and the Avant-Garde explores the relationship between art and philosophy. Andrew Benjamin argues for a reworking of the task of philosophy in terms of the centrality of ontology. It is in relation to this centrality, understood through the differences between modes of being, that art, mimesis, and the avant-garde come to be presented. A fundamental part of this book is the original interpretations of important contemporary painters and their themes: Lucian Freud's self-portraits, Francis Bacon's use of mirrors, R.B. Kitaj and Jewish identity, Anselm Kiefer and iconoclasm. Apart from painting, Benjamin considers architecture, literature, and the philosophical writings of Walter Benjamin and Descartes in elaborating the various aspects of ontological difference. Benjamin develops the theory of the avant-garde as a philosophical category rather than a historical marker, thus bringing the worlds of contemporary art criticism and contemporary philosophy closer together. -- Publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b3169293.
- catalog created "1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1991.".
- catalog description "Art, Mimesis and the Avant-Garde explores the relationship between art and philosophy. Andrew Benjamin argues for a reworking of the task of philosophy in terms of the centrality of ontology. It is in relation to this centrality, understood through the differences between modes of being, that art, mimesis, and the avant-garde come to be presented. A fundamental part of this book is the original interpretations of important contemporary painters and their themes: Lucian Freud's self-portraits, Francis Bacon's use of mirrors, R.B. Kitaj and Jewish identity, Anselm Kiefer and iconoclasm. Apart from painting, Benjamin considers architecture, literature, and the philosophical writings of Walter Benjamin and Descartes in elaborating the various aspects of ontological difference. Benjamin develops the theory of the avant-garde as a philosophical category rather than a historical marker, thus bringing the worlds of contemporary art criticism and contemporary philosophy closer together. -- Publisher description.".
- catalog description "INTRODUCTION: INAUGURATING REPETITION ---- 1. INTERPRETING REFLECTIONS: PAINTINGMIRRORS --- 2. SPACING AND DISTANCING --- 3. BETRAYING FACES: LUCIAN FREUDʹS SELF-PORTRAITS --- 4. PRESENT REMEMBRANCE: ANSELM KIEFERʹS ICONOCLASTIC CONTROVERSY --- 5. KITAJ AND THE QUESTION OF JEWISHIDENTITY --- 6. MALEVICH AND THE AVANT-GARDE --- 7. EISENMAN AND THE HOUSING OF TRADITION --- 8. PLURALISM, THE COSMOPOLITAN AND THEAVANT-GARDE --- 9. THE DECLINE OF ART: BENJAMINʹS AURA --- 10. TRADITION AND EXPERIENCE: WALTER BENJAMINʹS "ON SOME MOTIFS INBAUDELAIRE" --- 11. DESCARTESʹ FABLE: THE DISCOURS DE LA METHODE --- 12. THE REDEMPTION OF VALUE: LAPORTE, WRITING AS ABKURZUNG.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-214) and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 217 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0415060478 (hbk)".
- catalog identifier "0415066271 (pbk)".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog subject "111/.85 20".
- catalog subject "Aesthetics.".
- catalog subject "Avant-garde (Aesthetics)".
- catalog subject "BH39 .B3845 1991".
- catalog subject "Mimesis in art.".
- catalog tableOfContents "INTRODUCTION: INAUGURATING REPETITION ---- 1. INTERPRETING REFLECTIONS: PAINTINGMIRRORS --- 2. SPACING AND DISTANCING --- 3. BETRAYING FACES: LUCIAN FREUDʹS SELF-PORTRAITS --- 4. PRESENT REMEMBRANCE: ANSELM KIEFERʹS ICONOCLASTIC CONTROVERSY --- 5. KITAJ AND THE QUESTION OF JEWISHIDENTITY --- 6. MALEVICH AND THE AVANT-GARDE --- 7. EISENMAN AND THE HOUSING OF TRADITION --- 8. PLURALISM, THE COSMOPOLITAN AND THEAVANT-GARDE --- 9. THE DECLINE OF ART: BENJAMINʹS AURA --- 10. TRADITION AND EXPERIENCE: WALTER BENJAMINʹS "ON SOME MOTIFS INBAUDELAIRE" --- 11. DESCARTESʹ FABLE: THE DISCOURS DE LA METHODE --- 12. THE REDEMPTION OF VALUE: LAPORTE, WRITING AS ABKURZUNG.".
- catalog title "Art, mimesis, and the avant-garde : aspects of a philosophy of difference / Andrew Benjamin.".
- catalog type "text".