A Bakhtinian Approach to the Visual Arts (Hardcover)

Hardcover. A critical study applying Mikhail Bakhtin's theories to the study of visual art. This work is the first to propose a cohesive methodology for applying Russian philosopher and literary critic Mikhail Bakhtin's thought to visual art. David Olivant draws on intermediary frameworks developed by Susanne Langer, Norman Bryson, Lev Vygotsky, Pavel Florensky, Philip Rawson, Michael Baxandall, and Gilles Deleuze. Bakhtin's philosophical and linguistic insights are examined in relation to works by Giotto, Tilman Riemenschneider, Diego Velazquez, Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso, Robert Rauschenberg, Marlene Dumas, Lee Bontecou, Anthony Caro, and Adrian Ghenie. First book to develop methodology for transposing Bakhtins thought to visual art. Achieved via transpositional theories from S Langer, N Bryson, Vygotsky, P Florensky, P Rawson, Baxandall and Deleuze. Bakhtins insights applied to Giotto, Riemenschneider Velasquez, Cezanne, Picasso, Rauschenberg, Bontecou, Caro and Ghenie. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…