{"product_id":"the-madness-of-vision-on-baroque-aesthetics-volume-44-paperback","title":"The Madness of Vision: On Baroque Aesthetics Volume 44 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristine Buci-Glucksmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristine Buci-Glucksmann's \u003ci\u003eThe Madness of Vision\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most influential studies in phenomenological aesthetics of the baroque. Integrating the work of Merleau-Ponty with Lacanian psychoanalysis, Renaissance studies in optics, and twentieth-century mathematics, the author asserts the materiality of the body and world in her aesthetic theory. All vision is embodied vision, with the body and the emotions continually at play on the visual field. Thus vision, once considered a clear, uniform, and totalizing way of understanding the material world, actually dazzles and distorts the perception of reality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn each of the nine essays that form \u003ci\u003eThe Madness of Vision\u003c\/i\u003e Buci-Glucksmann develops her theoretical argument via a study of a major painting, sculpture, or influential visual image-Arabic script, Bettini's \"The Eye of Cardinal Colonna,\" Bernini's \u003ci\u003eSaint Teresa\u003c\/i\u003e and his 1661 fireworks display to celebrate the birth of the French dauphin, Caravaggio's \u003ci\u003eJudith Beheading Holofernes, \u003c\/i\u003e the Paris arcades, and Arnulf Rainer's self-portrait, among others-and deftly crosses historical, national, and artistic boundaries to address Gracián's \u003ci\u003eEl Criticón;\u003c\/i\u003e Monteverdi's opera \u003ci\u003eOrfeo;\u003c\/i\u003e the poetry of Hafiz, John Donne, and Baudelaire; as well as baroque architecture and Anselm Kiefer's Holocaust paintings. In doing so, Buci-Glucksmann makes the case for the pervasive influence of the baroque throughout history and the continuing importance of the baroque in contemporary arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristine Buci-Glucksmann\u003c\/b\u003e is a philosopher, professor emerita of the University of Paris VIII, and the author of many books in the fields of political philosophy, aesthetics, contemporary art, the baroque, ornament, Asian art, and virtual art. Her most recent works include \u003ci\u003eEsthétique de l'éphémère\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eAu-delà de la mélancholie\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), \u003ci\u003ePhilosophie de l'ornement: D'Orient en Occident\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and \u003ci\u003eUne femme philosophe\u003c\/i\u003e (2008). Two of her books have previously been translated into English: \u003ci\u003eGramsci and the State\u003c\/i\u003e (1980) and \u003ci\u003eBaroque Reason: The Aesthetics of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e (1994).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 27, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757876216096,"sku":"9780821420935","price":52.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9230b6c3f4dc6a92c923d3b4354636f3.webp?v=1780113826","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-madness-of-vision-on-baroque-aesthetics-volume-44-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}