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Aesthetics and the Iconoclasm of Contemporary Art

Pictures Without a World

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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The main themes and aims of this book are understanding aesthetics, contemporary art and the end of the avant-garde not from the traditional viewpoint of the metaphysics of the beautiful and the sublime but rather thru close connection to the techno-genesis of virtual worlds.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-08-26
Mått155 x 235 x 9 mm
Vikt254 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSpringerBriefs in Philosophy
Antal sidor145
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030753047

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Žarko Paić is a professor at the Faculty of Textile Technology, Department of Fashion Design, University of Zagreb, where he teaches aesthetics, semiotics and media studies. He graduated at the Faculty of Political Science, M.A. and has a PhD in sociology from the Faculty of Humanities in Zagreb. He is the main editor of Journal for Theory, Culture and Visual Arts Fort, and deputy editor of the European Messenger. He recently published White Holes and the Visualization of the Body, with Palgrave Macmillan, London-New York, 2019.

Preface.- Introduction.- The World Without a Picture: Avant-Garde and Iconoclasm.- Deconstruction of the Image: From Mimesis and Representation to Communication.- The Dark Core of Mimesis: Art, Body and Image in the Thought of Jean-Luc Nancy.- The Dead-Nature of the Body: Biopolitics and Images of Humans’ End.- Event of the Moment: Time in Contemporary Art.- Figures of Resistance: Painting after the End of the Avant-garde.- Conclusion.- Index.