Art, mimesis and the avant-grade
Benjamin, Andrew
Art, mimesis and the avant-grade / Andrew Benjamin - New York: Routledge, 1991 - 217 p.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements List of illustrations
INTRODUCTION: INAUGURATING REPETITION
1 INTERPRETING REFLECTIONS: PAINTING MIRRORS
2 SPACING AND DISTANCING
3 BETRAYING FACES: LUCIAN FREUD'S SELF-PORTRAITS
4 PRESENT REMEMBRANCE: ANSELM KIEFER'S ICONOCLASTIC CONTROVERSY
5 KITAJ AND THE QUESTION OF JEWISH IDENTITY
6 MALEVICH AND THE AVANT-GARDE
7 EISENMAN AND THE HOUSING OF TRADITION
8 PLURALISM, THE COSMOPOLITAN AND THE AVANT-GARDE
9 THE DECLINE OF ART: BENJAMIN'S AURA
10 TRADITION AND EXPERIENCE: WALTER BENJAMIN'S 'ON SOME MOTIFS IN BAUDELAIRE'
11 DESCARTES' FABLE: THE DISCOURSE DE LA METHODE
12 THE REDEMPTION OF VALUE: LAPORTE, WRITING AS ABKURZUNG
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Art, mimesis and the avant-grade / Andrew Benjamin - New York: Routledge, 1991 - 217 p.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements List of illustrations
INTRODUCTION: INAUGURATING REPETITION
1 INTERPRETING REFLECTIONS: PAINTING MIRRORS
2 SPACING AND DISTANCING
3 BETRAYING FACES: LUCIAN FREUD'S SELF-PORTRAITS
4 PRESENT REMEMBRANCE: ANSELM KIEFER'S ICONOCLASTIC CONTROVERSY
5 KITAJ AND THE QUESTION OF JEWISH IDENTITY
6 MALEVICH AND THE AVANT-GARDE
7 EISENMAN AND THE HOUSING OF TRADITION
8 PLURALISM, THE COSMOPOLITAN AND THE AVANT-GARDE
9 THE DECLINE OF ART: BENJAMIN'S AURA
10 TRADITION AND EXPERIENCE: WALTER BENJAMIN'S 'ON SOME MOTIFS IN BAUDELAIRE'
11 DESCARTES' FABLE: THE DISCOURSE DE LA METHODE
12 THE REDEMPTION OF VALUE: LAPORTE, WRITING AS ABKURZUNG
Select bibliography
Index
English
0415066271 (pbk)
Art,--Mimesis--Avant-Grade
701.17 / B4381
