Painting as an Art / / Richard Wollheim.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Wollheim, Richard,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts ; 35
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.) :; 388 b/w illus.

One of the twentieth century’s most influential texts on philosophical aestheticsPainting as an Art is acclaimed philosopher Richard Wollheim’s encompassing vision of how to view art. Transcending the traditional boundaries of art history, Wollheim draws on his three great passions—philosophy, psychology, and art—to present an illuminating theory of the very experience of art. He shows how to unlock the meaning of a painting by retrieving—almost reenacting—the creative activity that produced it. In order to fully appreciate a work of art, Wollheim argues, critics must bring a much richer conception of human psychology than they have in the past. This classic book points the way to discovering what is most profound and subtle about paintings by major artists such as Titian, Bellini, and de Kooning.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- I What the artist does -- II What the spectator sees -- III The spectator in the picture: FRIEDRICH, MANET, HALS -- IV Painting, textuality, and borrowing: POUSSIN, MANET, PICASSO -- V Painting, omnipotence, and the gaze: INGRES, THE WOLF MAN, PICASSO -- VI Painting, metaphor, and the body: TITIAN, BELLINI, DE KOONING, ETC. -- Conclusion -- Notes -- List of illustrations -- Index