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Art, Agency And Living Presence
Art, Agency and Living Presence
Subtitle:
From the Animated Image to the Excessive Object
Book Category:
Art > General
Author:
van Eck, Carol
Editor::
van Eck, Carol
ISBN 13:
9783110345414
Price:
EUR 89.95
Publication Year:
2018

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De Gruyter.

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Book Description

Throughout history, and all over the world, viewers have treated works of art as if they are living beings: speaking to them, falling in love with them, kissing or beating them. This book is a contribution towards an understanding of such responses, by drawing on ancient rhetoric and the theories of Aby Warburg and Alfred Gell, and by retracing the history of attempts to understand - or even excite - such response.