Overview

Catherine M. Soussloff argues that MichelFoucault's sustained engagement with European art history critically addressespresent concerns about the mediated nature of the image in the digital age. Sheexplores the meaning of painting for Foucault's philosophy, and forcontemporary art theory, proposing a new relevance for a Foucauldian view ofethics and the pleasures and predicaments of contemporary existence.

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Author:   Catherine M. Soussloff
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 20.30cm
ISBN:  

9781517902421

ISBN 10:   1517902428
Pages:   136
Publication Date:   23 November 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Preface  Introduction: What Painting Does 1. Systems of Art Historical and Philosophical Thought 2. The Place of Painting: Velázquez’s Las Meninas 3. The Limits of Irony: Manet’s Painting 4. The Negativity of Painting: Magritte’s This Is Not a Pipe 5. Painting in the Light of Photography: Fromanger’s Methods Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Soussloff has produced a brief but thorough engagement with Michel Foucault's philosophy of painting. Admirers of Foucault will love the book as will anyone with the patience and willingness to revisit some of the primary sources. -CHOICE Catherine Soussloff is certainly one of the most intellectually intelligent and reflective art historians I can think of. Foucault on Painting is a clear, deeply thoughtful, and perfectly written contribution to the important field of intersect between art and philosophy. -James Rubin, Stony Brook University

Catherine Soussloff is certainly one of the most intellectually intelligent and reflective art historians I can think of. Foucault on Painting is a clear, deeply thoughtful, and perfectly written contribution to the important field of intersect between art and philosophy. -James Rubin, Stony Brook University

Catherine Soussloff is certainly one of the most intellectually intelligent and reflective art historians I can think of. Foucault on Painting is a clear, deeply thoughtful, and perfectly written contribution to the important field of intersect between art and philosophy. --James Rubin, Stony Brook University

Author Information

Catherine M. Soussloff is professor of art history, visual art, and theory at the University of British Columbia. She is editor of Foucault on the Arts and Letters and author of The Subject in Art (Minnesota, 1997).

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