Signs of the Time
Published on 1. January 1997
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Paperback/Softback
292 pages
978-90-420-0195-4 (ISBN)
Description
Signs of the Time is an investigation into contemporary art theory and the philosophy of art from 1945 till postmodernism. The author treats important precursors such as Freud and Marx, and contemporary theorists and philosophers such as Gombrich, Lacan, Heidegger, Sartre, Althusser, Marcuse, Gadamer, Derrida, Eco, Barthes, Foucault, Baudrillard, and Lyotard.
Various texts are discussed, criticized and related to movements in contemporary art and to contemporary artists. The author addresses students in the field of art history, communica-tions, aesthetics, art education, art history, communications, aesthetics, as well as the art lover. Art as a sign of the time reveals the hidden dimensions of the world in which we live.
Various texts are discussed, criticized and related to movements in contemporary art and to contemporary artists. The author addresses students in the field of art history, communica-tions, aesthetics, art education, art history, communications, aesthetics, as well as the art lover. Art as a sign of the time reveals the hidden dimensions of the world in which we live.
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English
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Leiden
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 23 mm
Width: 16 mm
ISBN-13
978-90-420-0195-4 (9789042001954)
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Content
INTRODUCTION. 1. ART AND THE INDIVIDUAL. 1.1. Movements in the psychology of art. 1.2. Art and Illusion (Gombrich). 1.3. Aspects of Freudian aesthetics. 1.4. Two contemporary psychoanalytic schools on art. 1.5. Psychoanalysis and Philosophy. 2. ART AND SOCIETY. 2.1. The social function of art as explored in a number of art sociological movements. 2.2. Marx and art. 2.3. A marxist view on the priority of the function of the stimulation of creativity as compared to the other functions of art. 2.4. Socialist realism as political dogmatism in the educational function of art. 2.5. The critical theory of the Frankfurt School. 3. ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY. 3.1. What is art? 3.2. Wittgenstein. 3.3. Goodman. 4. EXISTENTIAL PHENOMENOLOGY AND HERMENEUTICS. 4.1. Heidegger. 4.2. Gadamer. 4.3. Merleau-Ponty. 4.4. Sartre. 4.5. Dufrenne. 4.6. Derrida (supplement). 5. STRUCTURALISM AND SEMIOTICS. 5.1. Mukarovsky. 5.2. The semiotic problems of visual art. 5.3. Eco. 5.4. Levi-Strauss. 5.5. Barthe. 5.6. Foucault. 6. POSTSCRIPT: THE POSTMODERNISM DEBATE. 6.1. Baudrillard. 6.2. Habermas. 6.3. Lyotard. 6.4. Postmodernism as a multitude of views on reality.