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Real Likenesses: Representation in Paintings, Photographs, and Novels

by Michael Morris

2021-01-06 21:20:30

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Real Likenesses presents a radical new approach to examining the value of artistic representation. At its heart is a serious reconsideration of the relationship between medium and content in representational art, which counters current dominant theor... Read more
Real Likenesses presents a radical new approach to examining the value of artistic representation. At its heart is a serious reconsideration of the relationship between medium and content in representational art, which counters current dominant theories that inevitably make attention to theformer a distraction from attending to the latter. Through close analysis of paintings, photographs, and novels, Michael Morris proposes a new understanding on the "real likenesses" we encounter in representational art; what they are, how they are made present to us, and how they are created. Theresult is an intuitive way of thinking about how these art forms work. Less

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File size9.21 X 6.02 X 0.27 in
Print pages240
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date June 13, 2020
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780198861751
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Michael Morris
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Michael Morris first saw Vietnam as a nineteen-year-old infantry sergeant in 196768. He served in the Northern I Corps region during some of the war’s fiercest fighting, including the Tet Offensive,...

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