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Zusatztext "Michel Henry's work consistently re-imagines the means through which life incarnates or makes manifest to itself the very essence of its being. In Seeing the Invisible Henry extends his philosophy, as material phenomenology, to the aesthetic, reappraising abstract art in terms of affectivity, emotional life and the essential communication that takes place between the community and the artwork at the level of sensibility. Scott Davidson's clear and timely translation provides the reader with both a revolutionary take on twentieth century art and a gateway into the thought of one of the leading French philosophers of the past fifty years." - Dr Michael O'Sullivan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Informationen zum Autor Michel Henry (1922-2002) was a leading French philosopher and novelist. He was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Montpellier, France and author of five novels and numerous philosophical works. Scott Davidson is Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Oklahoma City University, USA. He is the translator of Michel Henry's works: Material Phenomenology (2008), Seeing the Invisible (2009), and Barbarism (2012). Vorwort Provides a unique, philosophical interpretation of a significant twentieth-century painter - Wassily Kandinsky. Zusammenfassung Presents a philosophical interpretation of a significant twentieth-century painter - Wassily Kandinsky. Through an analysis of the life and works of Wassily Kandinsky, this book covers the philosophical significance of Kandinsky's revolution in painting: that abstract art reveals the invisible essence of life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Translator's PrefaceIntroductionInternal/External: The Invisible and the VisibleThe Meaning of 'Abstract' in the Expression 'Abstract Painting'FormPure Pictorial FormAbstract Form: The Theory of ElementsThe Disclosure of PictorialityPointLineThe Picture PlaneThe Unity of the ElementsInvisible ColorsForms and ColorsDifficulties Concerning the Unity of Colors and FormsCompositionMonumental ArtMusic and PaintingThe Essence of ArtAll Painting is AbstractArt and the CosmosIndex...
