1st Edition
At the Edges of Vision A Phenomenological Aesthetics of Contemporary Spectatorship
By Renée van de Vall
Copyright 2008
190 Pages
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Routledge
In At the Edges of Vision, Renée van de Vall re-examines the aesthetics of spectatorship in terms of new-media art and visual culture. The aesthetic experience of visual art has traditionally been described in terms of the distanced contemplation and critical interpretation of the work's form and representational content. Recent developments in installation, video and computer art have... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Space without hiding places: Merleau-Ponty's discussion of linear perspective; Touching the face: the ethical dimension of visuality between Levinas and a Rembrandt self-portrait; Between battlefield and play: on art and aesthetics in visual culture; Criticism from within: on reflection and aesthetic feeling; The mediation of passibility: art and interactive spectatorship; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Renée van de Vall Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Culture, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.
