Image Acts

Horst Bredekamp

Published by De Gruyter 2018

Image Acts

A Systematic Approach to Visual Agency

Horst Bredekamp
Translated by: Elizabeth Clegg

In the series Image Word Action / Bild Wort Aktion / Imago Sermo Actio

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110548570

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About this book

Heavily represented sections of contemporary philosophy subscribe to the notion of "embodiment". However promising this pragmatic turn of events may be, it remains limited in that it interprets the world as a projection of the cognizing "I". By contrast, Image Acts focuses on the counterforce of the form of images. The book subdivides this sphere into three parts: imitation, substitution, and the pure effect of the form. All three parts are contemplated with examples from antiquity through to the present and the iconoclastic controversies of our times. From this reconstruction of the image act springs the element of a new philosophy of affordance.

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Horst Bredekamp, Humboldt University, Berlin.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Preface to the English Edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Introduction: The Problematic Centrality of the Image Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. Origins and Concepts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
II. Inherent Theory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
III. Schematic Image Acts: Animation of the Image Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
IV. Substitutive Image Acts: The Exchange of Body and Image Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
V. Intrinsic Image Acts: Image as Form Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
VI. Conclusion: The Nature of the Image Act Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Postscript: The Eye in Flight Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
Picture Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics (art history, visual studies, philosophy, cultural studies)
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 361
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 199
Keywords: image act; visual studies

eBook

Published: December 18, 2017
ISBN: 9783110548570