Transfigurements : On the True Sense of Art - John Sallis

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Transfigurements

On the True Sense of Art

By: John Sallis

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Hardcover | 14 November 2008 | Edition Number 1

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What is art really about? What is its true sense? For John Sallis, we cannot gain a genuine understanding of art by merely translating its effects into conceptual language. Rather, works of art must be approached in a way that does justice to their sensuous and enigmatic character--that illuminates their capacity to present truth without pretending to dispel the real mystery at art's core.
"Transfigurements" develops a framework for thinking about art through innovative readings of some of the most important philosophical writing on the subject by Kant, Hegel, and Heidegger. Sallis exposes new layers in these texts and theories while also marking their limits. By doing so, his aim is to show that philosophy needs to attend to art directly. Consequently, Sallis also addresses a wide range of works of art, including paintings by Raphael, Monet, and Klee; Shakespeare's comedies; and the music of Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler, and Tan Dun. Through these interpretations of classic works from both fields, Sallis puts forth a compelling new elaboration of the philosophy of art.

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"Deft and patient, Sallis presents essentially a hermeneutical history of the philosophy of art. This is an irreplaceable contribution to the philosophy of art and to philosophy itself because it shows the transition to a philosophy beyond metaphysics." (Choice) "The character of Sallis's scholarship in this volume is matched throughout by clarity of thought.... A lasting contribution to the philosophy of art." (Notre Dame Philosophical Review)"

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Non-Fiction Philosophy Philosophy & Aesthetics Arts & Entertainment General Issues in Art Theory of Art History of Art & Design Styles

Acknowledgments	p. x
References	p. xi
Prefigurements	p. 1
The Invisibility of Painting	p. 11
Nature's Song	p. 23
Mixed Arts	p. 41
Music and Imagination	p. 55
Carnation and the Eccentricity of Painting	p. 74
Soundings	p. 105
Preposterous Ascents: On Comedy and Philosophy	p. 126
The Promise of Art	p. 152
Index	p. 189
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