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What is Real? What is True?
Picturing Figures and Faces
- A&S/Books UGent
- VANDENHOVE. Centrum voor Architectuur en Kunst / UGent - A&S/books
- by Bart Verschaffel
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| Publisher | A&S/Books UGent |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9789076714639 |
| Author(s) | Bart Verschaffel |
| Publication date | October 2021 |
| Edition | Paperback |
| Dimensions | 260 x 215 mm |
| Illustrations | 230 col.ill. |
| Pages | 280 |
| Language(s) | English ed. |
| Exhibition | VANDENHOVE. Centrum voor Architectuur en Kunst / UGent - A&S/books |
Description
What is real? What is true? Picturing Figures and Faces bundelt theoretische essays en kunstenaarsstudies, gepubliceerd tussen 1988 en 2019, gewijd aan de artistieke voorstelling van de menselijke figuur. Ze handelen over het portret en het dodenmasker, het lichaam en het lijden, en over Egon Schiele, René Magritte, Balthus, On Kawara, Paul De Vylder, Jan Vercruysse, Bill Viola, Anthony Gormley, Bill Viola, Jan Fabre, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Dirk Braeckman en Elly Strik. De teksten zijn rijkelijk geïllustreerd, het boek is vormgegeven door Antoon De Vylder.
Bart Verschaffel is filosoof en prof. em. van de Universiteit Gent. Eveneens in 2021 verschijnt van hem What Artistry Can Do. Essays on Art and Beauty bij Edinburgh UP.
What is real? What is true? Picturing Figures and Faces collects theoretical essays and artists' studies, published between 1988 and 2019, devoted to the artistic representation of the human figure. They deal with the portrait and the death mask, the body and suffering, and with Egon Schiele, René Magritte, Balthus, On Kawara, Paul De Vylder, Jan Vercruysse, Bill Viola, Anthony Gormley, Jan Fabre, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Dirk Braeckman and Elly Strik. The texts are richly illustrated, the book is designed by Antoon De Vylder.
Bart Verschaffel is a philosopher and professor at Ghent University. Also in 2021 he will publish What Artistry can do. Essays on Art and Beauty by Edinburgh UP.
What is real? What is true? Picturing Figures and Faces collects theoretical essays and artists' studies, published between 1988 and 2019, devoted to the artistic representation of the human figure. They deal with the portrait and the death mask, the body and suffering, and with Egon Schiele, René Magritte, Balthus, On Kawara, Paul De Vylder, Jan Vercruysse, Bill Viola, Anthony Gormley, Jan Fabre, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Dirk Braeckman and Elly Strik. The texts are richly illustrated, the book is designed by Antoon De Vylder.
Bart Verschaffel is a philosopher and professor at Ghent University. Also in 2021 he will publish What Artistry can do. Essays on Art and Beauty by Edinburgh UP.
What is Real? What is True?