Philosophy of Photography        Negative/positive: A philosophy of photography1 review Bill Jay Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co, 1979 worth the search While this book is currently out of print, it deserves to be sought and is well worth the search. Focusing on the need for a life affirming,content driven photography, Bill Jay succinctly outlines and dispells the negative influences that effect the direction photographers might take and ...             Philosophies of Art and Beauty: Selected Readings in Aesthetics from Plato to Heidegger (Phoenix Books)2 reviews Albert Hofstadter, Richard Kuhns University Of Chicago Press, 1976 The Classics of Aesthetic Literature + Good start, but don't stop here. This anthology of aesthetic texts surveys the key figures from the classic Western tradition in aesthetics beginning with Plato. Since the book's first pulbication in 1964, Hofstadter and Kuhns have been known among theoreticians, historians, and philosophers alike for this book's remarkable ...             Aesthetics and Photography (Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art) Jonathan Friday Ashgate Publishing, 2003 Photographs are ubiquitous in our lives. Most of us contribute to making some of the billions of photographs produced each year. A small number of these have qualities that capture and sustain aesthetic interest. What distinguishes such photographic art from all the other kinds of photograph? What constitutes the distinctive value of photographic art? These are the opening questions of this book, ...             Philosophy of Art: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy)3 reviews Noël Carroll Routledge, 1999 Beach Reading + A Great Introduction This is what I packed to the lake this summer. The suspense of following art thinking from verisimitude to conceptualism. The romance of potent examples from the history of art! The tragedy of the Fall of the aesthetic enterprise. The hope of uncovering the as-yet unsolved mysteries in defining a ...             Photography and Philosophy: Essays on the Pencil of Nature (New Directions in Aesthetics) Wiley-Blackwell, 2008 This anthology offers a fresh approach to the philosophical aspects of photography. The essays, written by contemporary philosophers in a thorough and engaging manner, explore the far-reaching ethical dimensions of photography as it is used today. A first-of-its-kind anthology exploring the link between the art of photography and the theoretical questions it raises Written in a thorough and ...             Philosophy of Photography (Lieven Gevaert) Henri Van Lier Leuven University Press, 2007 Henri Van Lier's contribution to the field of photography is comparable in its scope and achievements to the work of those thinkers who have been most useful to our understanding of the art form: Walter Benjamin, Andre Bazin, Andre Malraux, John Berger, Susan Sontag, and Roland Barthes. The English publication of Philosophy of Photography will bring Van Lier into the spotlight. In his ...             Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography17 reviews Roland Barthes Hill and Wang, 1982 shocked + confession + Just this.. I am somewhat stunned and dismayed by the negative reviews of this book. In fact, it has seem to elicit a sense of vitriol in some. It is a brilliant book. How does one state simply such a complicated phenomenon. One doesn't. Those who rated this book so poorly biggest gripe was the ...             On Photography (Penguin Modern Classics)30 reviews Susan Sontag Penguin Classics, 2002 Sontag + Easy to criticize this book now, but it was the progenitor of the criticism of photography. + On Photography + a must buy book on photography             Towards a Philosophy of Photography1 review Vil¿m Flusser Reaktion Books, 2000 Not my bag This is another of those books that either goes over my head or somewhere else off target. While not especially verbose, for this sort of material, I just can't get excited about detailed discussion of stuff that does not really seem relevant to either making or appreciating photography, or any ...             Photography Theory (Art Seminar)2 reviews Routledge, 2006 A lively discussion of indexicality but unfortunately not much else Photography Theory is the second in a projected seven volume series called The Art Seminar, edited by James Elkins and sponsored by University College Cork and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, among other institutions. I have only read this volume, but all evidently have, or will have, ...             The Philosophy of Art (Theory and History of Literature)1 review F.W.J. Schelling Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2008 Importance of Schelling's "Philosophy of Art" Conceptual frame: This is the only edition of Schellings's overall view of Art. The only way to have art is through Philosophy and Schelling expresses this implicitly in his work. This book is a thorough example of how romanticism and transcendnetalism can communicate. For anyone interested in ...             Concerning the Spiritual in Art13 reviews Wassily Kandinsky MFA Publications, 2006 "to break the bonds which bind". . . "to an impoverishment of possibility" + Inciteful... + Amazing + A fine attention to artistic reflection and analysis. + Good,but very deep             The Philosophy of the Visual Arts1 review Oxford University Press, USA, 1992 The Paradigmatic Text for the Philosophy of Art The debate concerning the Philosophy of Art in the 20th century is made simpler and comprehensive by Professor Alperson's remarkable contribution. This anthology explores various texts by some of the biggest key players in the debate. The interdisciplinary nature of the topic allows for the ...             Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art: The Analytic Tradition: An Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies) Wiley-Blackwell, 2003 This anthology provides comprehensive coverage of the major contributions of analytic philosophy to aesthetics and the philosophy of art, from the earliest beginnings in the 1950’s to the present time. Traces the contributions of the analytic tradition to aesthetics and the philosophy of art, from the 1950’s to the present time. Designed as a comprehensive guide to the field, it ...             Reclaiming the Spiritual in Art: Contemporary Cross-Cultural Perspectives (Suny Series in Aesthetics and the ... State University of New York Press, 1999 From Walt Disney World to the movie Natural Born Killers, this book explores uncommon indicators of the spiritual in contemporary art and culture. Drawing on a diversity of perspectives in philosophy and aesthetics to highlight conscious and unconscious manifestations of the sacred in art, this work makes a compelling case for its continued contemporary relevance. Multiple perspectives are ...             The Art of Interruption: Realism, Photography, and the Everyday (Photography: Critical Views) John Maddox Roberts Manchester University Press, 1998 Art of Interruption is the first major examination of the relationship between photography and art, and the philosophical and aesthetic categories of "realism" and the "everyday." Beginning with the massive reorientation of photographic practice during the Russian revolution and ending with contemporary debates on the body and digital technology, John Roberts presents the history of ...             The Conspiracy of Art4 reviews Jean Baudrillard Semiotext(e), 2005 Baudrillard vs. Art = entertaining and informative + ( ) + Baudrillard sees the Emperor naked again This is a fascinating collection of some of Baudrillard's most polemical writings on art. He freely admits in one of the interviews within that he is, by no means, an art expert. He doesn't appreciate it and he doesn't necessarily *like* it. He does respect traditional/classical art's beauty and ...             Philosophy: An Introduction to the Art of Wondering8 reviews James L. Christian Wadsworth Publishing, 2008 An excellent overview of philosophy for everyone! + Dr. Christian, Wherever You Are~ + A Life Changing Book + An excellent overview of philosophy for everyone!             Why People Photograph7 reviews Robert Adams Aperture, 1996 Photographers -- this book is your friend. + In full agreement with Chris Akin + wonderful + Title might not be accurate, but book is nonetheless terrific + Dog eared and well thumbed             Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images15 reviews Terry Barrett McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2005 Getting Better When I reviewed the third edition of this book several years ago, I didn't rate it highly, but I thought that perhaps the fourth edition might be a better book, and it is. Despite its subtitle, which might lead you to believe it is about understanding pictures, the bulk of this book is directed ...              Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen watches & jewelry: Small Crystal Dog Collar, 15" by Paris Hilton we recommend "to break the bonds which bind". . . "to an impoverishment of possibility" leave a comment home  impressum - about us