Truth in Painting

The four essays in this volume constitute Derrida's most explicit and sustained reflection on the art work as pictorial artifact, a reflection partly by way of philosophical aesthetics (Kant, Heidegger), partly by way of a commentary on art works and art scholarship (Van Gogh, Adami, Titus-Carmel). The illustrations are excellent, and the translators, who clearly see their work as both a rendering and a transformation, add yet another dimension to this richly layered composition. Indispensable to collections emphasizing art criticism and aesthetics. Alexander Gelley, Library Journal

About the author

Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) was director of studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, and professor of humanities at the University of California, Irvine. Several of his books have been published in their English translation by the University of Chicago Press.

Product details

• Authors: Jacques Derrida, Jacques (?cole Pratique Des Hautes-?Tudes Derrida, Jacques (?cole Pratique des Hautes-?tudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris) Derrida
• Assisted by: Geoffrey Bennington (Translation), Bennington Geoffrey (Translation), Ian McLEod (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9780226504629
• ISBN: 978-0-226-50462-9
• No. of pages: 402
• Series: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith; mersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, ART / Criticism & Theory, Philosophy: aesthetics