Between Figure and Ground: Seeing in Premodernity
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Author: Saskia Quené (ed.)
The terms “figure” and “ground” became fundamental to art-histor- ical analysis over the course of the twentieth century.In Bet ween Figure and Ground: Seeing in Premodernity, essays by Claudia Blümle, Gottfried Boehm, Péter Bokody, Beate Fricke, Bruno Haas, David Young Kim, Aden Kumler, Christopher Lakey, Karin Leonhard, Jürgen Müller, VeronicaPeselmann, Christoph Poetsch, Ra- phael Rosenberg, Tom Steinert, Nicola Suthor, Noa Turel, and Saskia Quené call into question long-standing hab- its of seeing and understanding fig- ure-ground relations, expand art-his- torical vocabularies, and challenge anachronistic attachments to modern- ist paradigms. Offering new approach- es and methodological reflectionsfrom art history and theory, Bildwis- senschaft, and art historiography.
ISBN 9783422801219. Deutscher Kunstverlag. pb. 646 pages. 170 colour ills. 20.5 x 14.5 cm.
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The terms “figure” and “ground” became fundamental to art-histor- ical analysis over the course of the twentieth century.In Bet ween Figure and Ground: Seeing in Premodernity, essays by Claudia Blümle, Gottfried Boehm, Péter Bokody, Beate Fricke, Bruno Haas, David Young Kim, Aden Kumler, Christopher Lakey, Karin Leonhard, Jürgen Müller, VeronicaPeselmann, Christoph Poetsch, Ra- phael Rosenberg, Tom Steinert, Nicola Suthor, Noa Turel, and Saskia Quené call into question long-standing hab- its of seeing and understanding fig- ure-ground relations, expand art-his- torical vocabularies, and challenge anachronistic attachments to modern- ist paradigms. Offering new approach- es and methodological reflectionsfrom art history and theory, Bildwis- senschaft, and art historiography.
ISBN 9783422801219. Deutscher Kunstverlag. pb. 646 pages. 170 colour ills. 20.5 x 14.5 cm.
available