Four Arts of Photography
An Essay in Philosophy
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Aesthetics
| Author: | Dominic McIver Lopes | ISBN: | 9781119053293 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | January 7, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Wiley | Language: | English |
| Author: | Dominic McIver Lopes |
| ISBN: | 9781119053293 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | January 7, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Wiley |
| Language: | English |
Four Arts of Photography explores the history of photography through the lens of philosophy and proposes a new scholarly understanding of the art form for the 21st century.
- Re-examines the history of art photography through four major photographic movements and with case studies of representative images
- Employs a top-down, theory to case approach, as well as a bottom-up, case to theory approach
- Advances a new theory regarding the nature of photography that is grounded in technology but doesn’t place it in opposition to painting
- Includes commentaries by two leading philosophers of photography, Diarmuid Costello and Cynthia A. Freeland
Four Arts of Photography explores the history of photography through the lens of philosophy and proposes a new scholarly understanding of the art form for the 21st century.
- Re-examines the history of art photography through four major photographic movements and with case studies of representative images
- Employs a top-down, theory to case approach, as well as a bottom-up, case to theory approach
- Advances a new theory regarding the nature of photography that is grounded in technology but doesn’t place it in opposition to painting
- Includes commentaries by two leading philosophers of photography, Diarmuid Costello and Cynthia A. Freeland
