Seeing the Invisible

On Kandinsky

AvMichel Henry

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Michel Henry was one of the leading French philosophers of the twentieth century. His numerous works of philosophy are all organized around the theme of life. In contrast to the scientific understanding of life as a biological process, Henry's philosophy develops a conception of life as an immediate feeling of one's own living. Seeing the Invisible marks Henry's most sustained engagement in the field of aesthetics. Through an analysis of the life and works of Wassily Kandinsky, Henry uncovers the philosophical significance of Kandinsky's revolution in painting: that abstract art reveals the invisible essence of life. Henry shows that Kandinsky separates color and line from the constraints of visible form and, in so doing, conveys the invisible intensity of life. More than just a study of art history, this book presents Kandinsky as an artist who is engaged in the project of painting the invisible and thus offers invaluable methodological clues for Henry's own phenomenology of the invisible.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-04-15
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:160
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781441105998
Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation
Översättare:Scott Davidson

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Michel Henry (1922-2002) was a leading French philosopher and novelist. He was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Montpellier, France and author of five novels and numerous philosophical works. Scott Davidson is Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Oklahoma City University, USA. He is the translator of Michel Henry's works: Material Phenomenology (2008), Seeing the Invisible (2009), and Barbarism (2012).

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"Michel Henry's work consistently re-imagines the means through which life incarnates or makes manifest to itself the very essence of its being. In Seeing the Invisible Henry extends his philosophy, as material phenomenology, to the aesthetic, reappraising abstract art in terms of affectivity, emotional life and the essential communication that takes place between the community and the artwork at the level of sensibility. Scott Davidson's clear and timely translation provides the reader with both a revolutionary take on twentieth century art and a gateway into the thought of one of the leading French philosophers of the past fifty years." - Dr Michael O'Sullivan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Innehållsförteckning

Translator's PrefaceIntroductionInternal/External: The Invisible and the VisibleThe Meaning of 'Abstract' in the Expression 'Abstract Painting'FormPure Pictorial FormAbstract Form: The Theory of ElementsThe Disclosure of PictorialityPointLineThe Picture PlaneThe Unity of the ElementsInvisible ColorsForms and ColorsDifficulties Concerning the Unity of Colors and FormsCompositionMonumental ArtMusic and PaintingThe Essence of ArtAll Painting is AbstractArt and the CosmosIndex