The Pensive Image
Art as a Form of Thinking
The Pensive Image
Art as a Form of Thinking
In fluid prose, Grootenboer explores various modalities of visual thinking— as the location where thought should be found, as a refuge enabling reflection, and as an encounter that provokes thought. Through these considerations, she demonstrates that art works serve as models for thought as much as they act as instruments through which thinking can take place. Starting from the premise that painting is itself a type of thinking, The Pensive Image argues that art is capable of forming thoughts and shaping concepts in visual terms.
240 pages | 16 color plates, 26 halftones | 6 x 9 | © 2020
Art: Art Criticism, European Art
Literature and Literary Criticism: General Criticism and Critical Theory
Philosophy: General Philosophy
Reviews
Table of Contents
Part I | Defining the Pensive Image
Chapter 1 | Theorizing Stillness
Chapter 2 | Tracing the Denkbild
Part II | Painting as Philosophical Reflection
Chapter 3 | Room for Reflection: Interior and Interiority
Chapter 4 | The Profundity of Still Life
Chapter 5 |Painting as a Space for Thought
Painting’s Wonder
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Awards
American Society of Aesthetics: American Society of Aesthetics Outstanding Monograph
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