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Beyond Vision: Essays on the Perception of Art
Pavel Florensky
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Description for Beyond Vision: Essays on the Perception of Art
Hardcover. A collection of essays on art by Pavel Florensky (1882 1937), Russian philosopher, priest, linguist, scientist, mathematician and art historian. It includes a biographical introduction and an examination of Florensky's contribution as an art historian. Translator(s): Salmond, Wendy R. Num Pages: 320 pages, 91 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Beyond Vision is the first English-language collection of essays on art by Pavel Florensky (1882 1937), Russian philosopher, priest, linguist, scientist, mathematician and art historian. In addition to seven essays by Florensky, the book includes a biographical introduction and an examination of Florensky's contribution as an art historian by Nicoletta Misler. Beyond Vision reveals Florensky's fundamental attitudes to the vital questions of construction, composition, chronology, function and destination in the fields of painting, sculpture and design. His reputation as a theologian and philosopher is already established in the English-speaking world, but this first collection in English of his art ... Read more
Beyond Vision is the first English-language collection of essays on art by Pavel Florensky (1882 1937), Russian philosopher, priest, linguist, scientist, mathematician and art historian. In addition to seven essays by Florensky, the book includes a biographical introduction and an examination of Florensky's contribution as an art historian by Nicoletta Misler. Beyond Vision reveals Florensky's fundamental attitudes to the vital questions of construction, composition, chronology, function and destination in the fields of painting, sculpture and design. His reputation as a theologian and philosopher is already established in the English-speaking world, but this first collection in English of his art ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
662g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861891303
SKU
V9781861891303
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About Pavel Florensky
Nicoletta Misler is Professor in the Department of Eastern European Studies at the Istituto Universitario Orientale, Naples. Wendy Salmond is Head of the Art History program at Chapman University, Orange, California.
Reviews for Beyond Vision: Essays on the Perception of Art
Post-structural writing this is not and that's where its freshness lies. Modern Painters a welcome addition to the growing literature on this fascinating thinker. Slavic and East European Journal Lets hope that Misler's fine work becomes standard reading ... Slavonica many surprises to be found in this collection of essays ... Quirky, passionate and always interesting Slavic and East European ... Read more