The Truth in Painting

Derrida, Jacques; Geoff Bennington, Ian MacLeod

ISBN 10: 0226143244 / ISBN 13: 9780226143248

Published by University of Chicago Press, 1987

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Stiff unmarked book in lightly rubbed covers.; 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.9 inches; 402 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Truth in Painting
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226143244
• ISBN 13: 9780226143248
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art/Design
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

"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 to collections emphasizing art criticism and aesthetics."—Alexander Gelley, Library Journal

About the Authors

Jacques Derrida (1930–2004) was director of studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, and professor of humanities at the University of California, Irvine. Several of his books have been published in their English translation by the University of Chicago Press.

Geoffrey Bennington is the Asa G. Candler Professor of Modern French Thought at Emory University. He is the author of several books on Derrida and translator of many others by him, and he is coeditor of The Seminars of Jacques Derrida series.