| Description |
304 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Introduction: The 'sense of mystery' -- I. Ambiguity and indeterminacy -- II. From the origins to the classical age -- III. From the Enlightenment to Impressionism -- IV. Redon, Ensor, Seurat -- V. Gauguin, Pont-Aven and the Nabis -- VI. At the turn of the century -- VII. Cubism, Abstraction and Readymade -- VIII. In the society of images -- IX. In the company of words -- X. In the world of ideas -- XI. Between two wars -- XII. Ambiguity after Modernism -- Conclusion: Redistributions of authority |
| Summary |
"In this exploration of art of the modern period, Dario Gamboni explores the sources, intentions and effects associated with ambiguous images by examining the viewer's degree of participation, the nature of the latent of 'potential' image and its relation to issues of representation and abstraction. He also draws on disciplines as diverse as psychology, semiotics, literary theory, the art of the insane and popular visual riddles in his quest to decipher and interpret the significance of potential images in the history of modernism."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"List of illustrations": p. 295-304 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the French |
| Subject |
Art, Modern -- 19th century.
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Art, Modern -- 20th century.
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Ambiguity.
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Ambiguity -- Art.
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Art, Modern -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Art.
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History.
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Art.
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| LC no. |
00002434 |
| ISBN |
186189113X |
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1861891490 paperback |
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