The Visionary Academy of Ocular Mentality: Atlas of the Iconic Turn

Luca Del Baldo

Published by De Gruyter 2020

The Visionary Academy of Ocular Mentality

Atlas of the Iconic Turn

Luca Del Baldo

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110706109

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About this book

Luca Del Baldo's Visionary Academy of Ocular Mentality is an extraordinary testament in the recent history of visual studies. It brings together a group of outstanding scholars who have devoted their lives to art history, philosophy, history, ethnology, focussing predominantly on questions of human perception and imagination. Working from photographs provided by the scholars, Luca del Baldo painted his series of 96 portraits reproduced in this book. The portraits are accompanied by texts written by the persons portrayed, in response to their portrayal, and as an exchange: the artist gifted the original painting to the portrayed person, and the portrayed gifted her or his response. "The result is a unique and profound conversation between image and text focussed on the enigma of the human face in all its mediations." (W.J.T. Mitchell)

Author / Editor information

Luca Del Baldo, artist, Como.

Reviews

"I think I can safely say this book is unique. Del Baldo’s concept is brilliant and possibly opened more 'cans of worms' than even he thought at the start of his project. Taking over 10 years to complete, this book is the result of what seems to be a 'labour of love.'" (Robert Maddox-Harle in Leonardo, 12.2021)

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Introduction. The Visionary Academy of Ocular Mentality W. J. T. Mitchell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Introduction. The Warburgian Tradition and Bildwissenschaft Horst Bredekamp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Portraits and Essays A–Z.
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“Conversation Piece” Luca Del Baldo and Andreas Beyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	447
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Kunsthistoriker, Philosophen, Kulturwissenschaftler
Pages
- Main content: 440
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 104
Keywords: Visual studies; portrait; art theory; philosophy.

eBook

Published: September 7, 2020
ISBN: 9783110706109

Hardcover

Published: September 7, 2020
ISBN: 9783110695199