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Four Arts of Photography


Four Arts of Photography

An Essay in Philosophy
New Directions in Aesthetics 1. Aufl.

von: Dominic McIver Lopes

88,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 05.01.2016
ISBN/EAN: 9781119053071
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 208

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<p><i>Four Arts of Photography</i> explores the history of photography through the lens of philosophy and proposes a new scholarly understanding of the art form for the 21<sup>st</sup> century.</p> <ul> <li>Re-examines the history of art photography through four major photographic movements and with case studies of representative images</li> <li>Employs a top-down, theory to case approach, as well as a bottom-up, case to theory approach</li> <li>Advances a new theory regarding the nature of photography that is grounded in technology but doesn’t place it in opposition to painting</li> <li>Includes commentaries by two leading philosophers of photography, Diarmuid Costello and Cynthia A. Freeland</li> </ul>
<b>Dominic McIver Lopes</b> is Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is the author of <i>Understanding Pictures</i> (1996) and <i>Sight and Sensibility: Evaluating Pictures</i> (2005), as well as books on computer art and the nature of art. His first camera was a Kodak Instamatic 124, which he used to document his family's migration from Scotland to Canada.
<p>In <i>Four Arts of Photography</i>, Dominic McIver Lopes explores the history of photography through the lens of philosophy and proposes a new scholarly understanding of the art form for the 21<sup>st</sup> century. Art lovers and critics have been captivated by photography since its invention, but they have also been plagued by questions about its seriousness, meaning, and truthfulness. Here Lopes reexamines the history of art photography through four major photographic movements. He discusses several individual images in detail and alternates a top-down, theory to case approach with a bottom-up, case to theory approach. He references influential primary sources as well as the reception of important art works by art critics. Also included are two commentaries by top philosophers of photography, Diarmuid Costello and Cynthia A. Freeland, who enhance and extend the scholarly conversation that Lopes begins. Covering the full range of contemporary photographic art in a systematic way, this book advances a new theory of the nature of photography that is grounded in technology but refuses to place this most enigmatic art form in opposition to painting.</p>

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