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1. Meanings of Abstract Art

   Between Nature and Theory

   Edited by Paul Crowther, Isabel Wünsche

   Series: Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies

   Traditional art is based on conventions of resemblance between the work and that which it is a representation "of". Abstract art, in contrast, either adopts alternative modes of visual representation or reconfigures mimetic convention. This book explores the relation of abstract art to nature (...

   Published June 18th 2012 by Routledge
2. Philosophy After Postmodernism

   Civilized Values and the Scope of Knowledge

   By Paul Crowther

   Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

   Formulating a new approach to philosophy which, instead of simply rejecting postmodern thought, tries to assimilate some of its main features, Paul Crowther identifies conceptual links between value, knowledge, personal identity and civilization understood as a process of cumulative advance.To...

   Published June 4th 2003 by Routledge