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The Truth in Painting

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

The Truth in Painting

By Jacques Derrida

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About the book

The four essays in this volume constitute Derrida's most explicit and sustained reflection on the art work as pictorial artifact, a reflection partly by way of philosophical aesthetics (Kant, Heidegger), partly by way of a commentary on art works and art scholarship (Van Gogh, Adami, Titus-Carmel). The illustrations are excellent, and the translators, who clearly see their work as both a rendering and a transformation, add yet another dimension to this richly layered composition. Indispensable t...Show more

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ISBN

9780226504629

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Published year

2017

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1

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The Truth in Painting

Format

Paperback

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