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Author:   Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2005 ed.
Volume:   87
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.350kg
ISBN:  

9781402035777

ISBN 10:   1402035772
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   12 December 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Topical Study.- Reality and Illusion in the Work of Art.- Section I.- Dream’s Shadows: Fiction and Reality in Miguel de Unamuno.- On the Truth and Lie of Illusion in the Theatrical Sense.- Simulating the Unpresentable and the Sublime.- Section II.- The Restored Sistine Chapel Ceiling: The Transcendent Made Immanent.- Trompe L’Oeil and the Mimetic Tradition in Aesthetics.- A Metaphysical Perspective on Alberti’s De Pictura.- Triumph of the Dissolution of Reality by Illusion: The Spiritual Experience of Trompe L’Oeil Architectural Wall Paintings — The Tomb of the Leopards and the Villa of the Mysteries.- Illusionary Touch, and Touching Illusions.- Reality, Illusion, and Alterity: The Advent of the Other.- Silence as Disclosure: Virginia Woolf’s Style of Being-in-the-World.- Section III.- Between Illusions: Art’s Argument for ‘Weak’ Reality.- Post-Digital Awareness.- Thought, Object and Experience in Film/Video Installation Art.- The “Spring-Tight Line” in Minor White’s Theory of Sequential Photography.- Section IV.- Imagination and Cultural Criticism in the Work of David Wojnarowicz.- A Message for the Oueen: Guercino’s Death of Dido, Cardinal Spada, and the Internal Conflicts at The French Court.- Who is Deceived by Trompe L’Oeil?.- The Aesthetic of True Digital Illusions: Crossing Several Roads at the Same Time.

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