Portraits and philosophy:

Portraits are everywhere. One finds them not only in museums and galleries, but also in newspapers and magazines, in the homes of people and in the boardrooms of companies, on stamps and coins, on millions of cell phones and computers. Despite its huge popularity, however, portraiture hasn’t receive...

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Weitere Verfasser: Maes, Hans 1975- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York Taylor & Francis 2022
Ausgabe:First issued in paperback
Schriftenreihe:Routledge research in aesthetics
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Zusammenfassung:Portraits are everywhere. One finds them not only in museums and galleries, but also in newspapers and magazines, in the homes of people and in the boardrooms of companies, on stamps and coins, on millions of cell phones and computers. Despite its huge popularity, however, portraiture hasn’t received much philosophical attention. While there are countless art historical studies of portraiture, contemporary philosophy has largely remained silent on the subject. This book aims to address that lacuna. It brings together philosophers (and philosophically minded historians) with different areas of expertise to discuss this enduring and continuously fascinating genre. The chapters in this collection are ranged under five broad themes. Part I examines the general nature of portraiture and what makes it distinctive as a genre. Part II looks at some of the subgenres of portraiture, such as double portraiture, and at some special cases, such as sport card portraits and portraits of people not present. How emotions are expressed and evoked by portraits is the central focus of Part III, while Part IV explores the relation between portraiture, fiction, and depiction more generally. Finally, in Part V, some of the ethical issues surrounding portraiture are addressed. The book closes with an epilogue about portraits of philosophers. Portraits and Philosophy tangles with deep questions about the nature and effects of portraiture in ways that will substantially advance the scholarly discussion of the genre. It will be of interest to scholars and students working in philosophy of art, history of art, and the visual arts
Beschreibung:Introduction: Portraits and Philosophy; Hans Maes; Part I. The Nature of Portraiture; 1. Portraiture Portrayed; Ivan Gaskell; 2. Portraiture and Portrait-Seeing: From Caravaggio to Digital Selfies; Alessandro Giovannelli; 3. Portraits, Persons, and Poses; Paul Guyer; 4. Philosophy of Portraiture: A Programmatic Overview; Matteo Ravasio; Part II. Subgenres and Special Cases; 5. Double Portraiture; Eleen M. Deprez and Michael Newall; 6. Moving Picture Portraits; Cynthia Freeland; 7. Portraits of People Not Present; Bence Nanay; 8. Portraits of the Landscape; Erich Hatala Matthes; 9. Sport Card Portraiture; Jason Holt; Part III. Portraiture, Empathy, and Emotion; 10. Truth and Empathy in the Portraits of Kokoschka; Jenefer Robinson; 11. Without Shame? Lee Friedlander’s Late Self-Portraits; Diarmuid Costello; 12. ‘And Time Will Have His Fancy…’: On Being Moved by Portraits of Unknown People; Hans Maes; Part IV. Portraiture, Fiction, and Depiction; 13. Real Portraits in Literature; Stacie Friend; 14. The Power of Picasso: Reconciling Realism and Anti-Realism in the Portrait of Gertrude Stein; Ira Newman; 15. Portraiture: Seeing As and Seeing In; Martin Hammer; Part V. The Ethics of Portraiture; 16. The Ethics of Portraiture; A.W. Eaton; 17. The Sublime Clara Mather; Kenneth Walden; 18. Respecting Photographic Subjects; Macalester Bell; Epilogue: Portraits of Philosophers; Hans Maes
Beschreibung:xiii, 328 Seiten Illustrationen 440 grams
ISBN:9781032337678
9780367189402

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