The Enigmatic Body presents the work of an important French theorist. The selection represents the whole of Jean-Louis Schefer's career, from the 1960s, when he was influenced by structuralism, to his more lyrical and autobiographical essays of the 1990s, which meditate on the role of the spectator in relation to art practice. Schefer considers the very nature of art, film and writing through his close examination of artists as diverse as Uccello, Poussin and Cy Twombly, and writers such as Paul Valéry and Roland Barthes.
These provocative essays all register the writer's direct confrontation with these various media in a way that stands as a corrective to the formal traditions of interpretation and criticism. Autobiographical, yet theoretically informed and historically detailed, Schefer's work offers some of the most original interpretations of art available.
| ISBN: | 9780521378253 |
| Publication date: | 16th November 1995 |
| Author: | JeanLouis Schefer |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 212 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism |
| Genres: |
History of art |
The Enigmatic Body presents the work of an important French theorist. The selection represents the whole of Jean-Louis Schefer's career, from the 1960s, when he was influenced by structuralism, to his more lyrical and autobiographical essays of the 1990s, which meditate on the role of the spectator in relation to art practice.
The Enigmatic Body features in the following genres: History of art
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The Enigmatic Body was written by JeanLouis Schefer and published by Cambridge University Press
The Enigmatic Body has 212 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism series
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