| Description |
1 online resource (171 p.) |
| Series |
Crosscurrents Ser |
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Crosscurrents Ser
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Self and its Vicissitudes -- 2. Beyond Narrative -- 3. A Corporeal Hermeneutics of the Self -- 4. Refusing What We Are -- 5. An Experimental Hermeneutics of the Self -- Conclusion -- List of Artworks Referenced -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Drawing on the work of a range of visual artists including Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois, Katrina Mitcheson explores how visual art can help us to know ourselves, when the self is complex, decentred and partially unconscious |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Self-perception in art.
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Art -- Philosophy.
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Art, Modern -- Themes, motives
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Art, Modern -- Themes, motives
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Art -- Philosophy
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Self-perception in art
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0748693688 |
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9780748693689 |
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