Deeper into pictures: an essay on pictorial representation
Auteur :
Schier, Flint
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521109406
Date de publication :
18 juin 2009
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
310 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book presents an original theory of the nature of pictorial representation. The most influential recent theory of depiction holds that the relation between depictions and what they represent is entirely conventional. Flint Schier argues to the contrary that depiction involves resemblance to the things depicted.