Art, Perception, and Reality

Erscheinungsjahr 1973
ISBN: 978-0-8018-1552-2
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 142 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 231 g

Reihe: Thalheimer Lectures

In Art, Perception, and Reality three eminent scholars explore questions relating to the nature of representation in art. Art historian E. H. Gombrich asks how we recognize likeness—in portraits or caricatures for instance—and concludes that we do so by empathy. Psychologist Julian Hochberg rejects Gombrich's argument, suggesting instead that the expectations aroused in the scanning processes of visual perception account for recognition of likeness. Finally, philosopher Max black argues that no criteria have been established for defining conditions of representation and concludes that representation is a "cluster concept."

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gombrich, E. H.

Hochberg, Julian

Black, Max

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Existenzphilosophie, Lebensphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Part I. The Mask and the Face: The Perception of Physiognomic Likeness in Life and in Art
Part II. The Representation of Things and People
Part III. How do Pictures Represent?
Postscript
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Black, Max
Max Black was Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy and Humane Letters at Cornell University.

Gombrich, E. H.
E. H. Gombrich is director emeritus of the Warburg Institute at the University of London.

Hochberg, Julian
Julian Hochberg is professor of psychology at Columbia University.

E. H. Gombrich is director emeritus of the Warburg Institute at the University of London. Julian Hochberg is professor of psychology at Columbia University. Max Black was Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy and Humane Letters at Cornell University.