Art, agency and living presence :: from the animated image to the excessive object /

Throughout history, and all over the world, viewers have treated works of art as if they are living beings: speaking to them, falling in love with them, kissing or beating them. This book is a contribution towards an understanding of such responses, by drawing on ancient rhetoric and the theories of...

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1. Verfasser: Eck, Caroline van (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]
Schriftenreihe:Studien aus dem Warburg-Haus ; Bd. 16.
Reihe Kunst und Wirkmacht.
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Zusammenfassung:Throughout history, and all over the world, viewers have treated works of art as if they are living beings: speaking to them, falling in love with them, kissing or beating them. This book is a contribution towards an understanding of such responses, by drawing on ancient rhetoric and the theories of Aby Warburg and Alfred Gell, and by retracing the history of attempts to understand - or even excite - such response.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110345568
3110345560
9783110345575
3110345579

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