Being Nude - The Skin of Images

Informationen zum Autor Jean-Luc Nancy (1940-2021) was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Université de Strasbourg and one of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century's foremost thinkers of politics, art, and the body. His wide-ranging thought runs through many books, including Being Singular Plural , The Ground of the Image , Corpus , The Disavowed Community , and Sexistence . His book The Intruder was adapted into an acclaimed film by Claire Denis. Klappentext 26 reflections on nude images from the history of Western art including Rembrandt, Goya, David Hockney and Nan Golden. The authors, both philosophers, develop an approach to the nude that involves shedding preconceived concepts and exposing ourselves to the fleeting sense that passes over the surface of the nude's skin and over the surface of the image. Zusammenfassung 26 reflections on nude images from the history of Western art including Rembrandt, Goya, David Hockney and Nan Golden. The authors, both philosophers, develop an approach to the nude that involves shedding preconceived concepts and exposing ourselves to the fleeting sense that passes over the surface of the nude’s skin and over the surface of the image.

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• Authors: Federico Ferrari, Jean-Luc Nancy, Jean-Luc Ferrari Nancy
• Assisted by: Carlie Anglemire (Translation), Anne O'Byrne (Translation), Anne E. O'Byrne (Translation)
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2014
• EAN: 9780823256204
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-5620-4
• No. of pages: 136
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries