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Art and Representation Contributions to Contemporary Aesthetics

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Ananta Ch. Sukla, ed.

ISBN: 0-275-96847-2

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96847-2

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296 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 12/30/2000

List Price: $125.00 (UK Sterling Price: £86.95)

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Description: Concentrating on scholarship over the past four decades, this multidisciplinary approach to representation considers conceptual issues about representation and applies different theories to various arts. Following an introduction that traces the historical debates surrounding the concept of representation, Part One focuses on representation and language, epistemology, politics and history, sacrificial rites, possible world and postmodernism. Part Two applies current theories to painting, photography, literature, music, dance, and film. Writings highlight the vital role representation plays in the formation and appreciation of major genres of art.

This work will appeal to art philosophy and aesthetics scholars and to cultural studies and linguistic scholars. Rather than advocate certain theories, the essays illustrate the inherent complexities of representation.

Table of Contents:

Introduction by Ananta Ch. Sukla
Concepts and Faculties
Representation in Language by John Llewelyn
Representation and Epistemology by R. A. Sharpe
Political and Historical Representation by F. R. Ankersmit
Representation in Sacrificial Rites by Ivan Strenski
Possible World and Representation by Ruth Ronen
Postmodernism and Representation by Horace L. Fairlamb
Aesthetics and Arts
Some Current Philosophical Theories of Pictorial Representation by Dieter Peetz
A Causal Theory of Pictorial Representation by T. R. Quigley
Painting, Photography and Representation by Donald Brook
Representation in Literature by Colin Lyas
Musical Representation by Stephen Davies
Representation in Dance by Milton Snoeyenbos
Representation in Film by T. E. Wartenberg
Representation in Painting and Drama: Arguments from Indian Aesthetics by Ananta Ch. Sukla
Representation, Representativeness and Non-Representational Arts by Charles Altieri
Bibliography
Index

About the Author: ANANTA CH. SUKLA is Professor of English at Sambalpur University. He is founding editor of the Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics and founding secretary of Vishwanatha Kaviraja Institute of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics. His publications include The Concept of Imitation in Greek and Indian Aesthetics, Contemporary Indian Aesthetics and numerous other articles on aspects of comparative literature and theory in journals and anthologies.

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