Image Acts: A Systematic Approach to Visual Agency (Image Word Action / Bild Wort Aktion / Imago Sermo Actio, 2) - Softcover

Bredekamp, Horst

 
9783110725698: Image Acts: A Systematic Approach to Visual Agency (Image Word Action / Bild Wort Aktion / Imago Sermo Actio, 2)
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ISBN 10: 311072569X ISBN 13: 9783110725698
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter, 2021

Synopsis

Heavily represented sections of contemporary philosophy subscribe to the notion of "embodiment". However promising this pragmatic turn of events may be, it remains limited in that it interprets the world as a projection of the cognizing "I". By contrast, Image Acts focuses on the counterforce of the form of images. The book subdivides this sphere into three parts: imitation, substitution, and the pure effect of the form. All three parts are contemplated with examples from antiquity through to the present and the iconoclastic controversies of our times. From this reconstruction of the image act springs the element of a new philosophy of affordance.

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About the Authors

Horst Bredekamp, Humboldt University, Berlin.

Horst Bredekamp, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

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Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
311072569X
ISBN 13 
9783110725698
Binding
Perfect Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
374

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