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Senses of Landscape
John Sallis
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Paperback. Beginning with the assertion that earth is the elemental place that grants an abode to humans and to other living things, in "Senses of Landscape "the philosopher John Sallis turns to landscapes, and in particular to their representation in painting, to present a powerful synthetic work. " Series: Comparative and Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Beginning with the assertion that earth is the elemental place that grants an abode to humans and to other living things, in Senses of Landscape the philosopher John Sallis turns to landscapes, and in particular to their representation in painting, to present a powerful synthetic work.
Senses of Landscape proffers three kinds of analyses, which, though distinct, continually intersect in the course of the book. The first consists of extended analyses of distinctive landscapes from four exemplary painters, Paul Cezanne, Caspar David Friedrich, Paul Klee, and Guo Xi. Sallis then turns to these artists’ own writings—treatises, essays, and letters—about ... Read more
Beginning with the assertion that earth is the elemental place that grants an abode to humans and to other living things, in Senses of Landscape the philosopher John Sallis turns to landscapes, and in particular to their representation in painting, to present a powerful synthetic work.
Senses of Landscape proffers three kinds of analyses, which, though distinct, continually intersect in the course of the book. The first consists of extended analyses of distinctive landscapes from four exemplary painters, Paul Cezanne, Caspar David Friedrich, Paul Klee, and Guo Xi. Sallis then turns to these artists’ own writings—treatises, essays, and letters—about ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Series
Comparative and Continental Philosophy
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810131095
SKU
V9780810131095
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About John Sallis
John Sallis is Frederick J. Adelmann Professor of Philosophy at Boston College, USA. He is author of, among other books, Logic of Imagination: The Expanse of the Elemental (2012), Light Traces (2014), and Klee’s Mirror (2014).
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