256 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
Since the Renaissance, at least, the medium of sculpture has been associated explicitly with the sense of touch. Sculptors, philosophers and art historians have all linked the two, often in strikingly different ways. In spite of this long running interest in touch and tactility, it is vision and visuality which have tended to dominate art historical research in recent decades. This book introduces... Read more
Contents: Introduction, Peter Dent. Part I Origins: Touch and the cheirotic apprehension of prehistoric figurines, Doug Bailey; Touching sculpture, Hagi Kenaan; Bringing into being: vivifying sculpture through touch, Michael Paraskos; Pictorial essay A: out of sight, Claude Heath. Part II Approaches: To touch: Herder and sculpture, Andrew Benjamin; A taxonomy of touch: tactile encounters in Renaissance Italy, Geraldine A. Johnson; The neglected power of touch: what the cognitive neurosciences can tell us about the importance of touch in artistic communication, Alberto Gallace and Charles Spence; When touch shatters meaning: the case of sculptures made for sight only, Francesca Bacci; Pictorial essay B: playing with fire, Rosalyn Driscoll. Part III Identities: Beyond the touch tour, Julia Cassim; The sculptor is a blind man: Constantin Brancusi’s Sculpture for the Blind, Sebastiano Barassi; Embracing stone, holding brushes: differentiating touch in the Unit One photographs, Fiona Candlin; Lorenzo Ghiberti and Michelangelo in search of the feeling hand, James Hall; Pictorial essay C: the touch of the oracle, Michael Petry. Select bibliography; Index.
Biography
Peter Dent is lecturer in History of Art at the University of Bristol, UK.
