Crescent Moon Over the Rational - Philosophical Interpretations of Paul Klee

Zusatztext "Watson's "Crescent Moon Over the Rational" is an impressive book! contributing a great deal to the discussion of art and aesthetics in the 20th century. It presents the work of Paul Klee in an innovative and persuasive configuration: each chapter develops a tapestry of quotations and situates Klee and his interlocutors in the context of a broader philosophical and aesthetic reflection on art! rationality! and the sensuous in modernity." Informationen zum Autor Stephen H. Watson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. His most recent book is Tradition(s) II: Hermeneutics, Ethics, and the Dispensation of the Good (2001). Klappentext Stephen H. Watson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. His most recent book is Tradition(s) II: Hermeneutics, Ethics, and the Dispensation of the Good (2001). Zusammenfassung Watson investigates the responses of of key twentieth-century philosophers to the work of artist Paul Klee and reveals how the art and philosophy mutually illuminate each other through these encounters.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Watson, Stephen H Watson, Stephen H. Watson
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.09.2009
• EAN: 9780804761253
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-6125-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works