The Concept Of The Animal And Modern Theories Of Art (routledge Advances In Art And Visual Studies)

This Book Examines The Importance Of The Animal In Modern Art Theory, Using Classic Texts Of Modern Aesthetics And Texts Written By Modern Artists To Explore The Influence Of The Human-animal Relationship On Nineteenth- And Twentieth-century Artists And Art Theorists. The Book Is Unique Due To Its Focus On The Concept Of The Animal, Rather Than On Images Of Animals, And It Aims Towards A Theoretical Account Of The Connections Between The Notions Of Art And Animality In The Modern Age. Roni Gren's Book Spans Various Disciplines, Such As Art Theory, Art History, Animal Studies, Modernism, Postmodernism, Posthumanism, Philosophy, And Aesthetics.--back Cover. The Exceptionality Of The Human Spirit -- The Animal And The Image -- Art And Evolution -- The Poetic Lie -- Conclusion : The Modern Other. Roni Grén. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 146-157) And Index. Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 List of Figures 10 Acknowledgments 12 Introduction 14 1 The Exceptionality of the Human Spirit 19 The Human Exception 19 Natural Aesthetics 24 Origin and Language 28 Nature Created in Man's Image 31 To Have and Have Not 35 2 The Animal and the Image 48 Introduction: Discourse and Imagicity 48 Condillac and Animal Imagination 52 Rousseau and the Noble Visual 53 Diderot's Suspicion 58 A Concluding Note 61 3 Art and Evolution 70 Introduction: Darwin's Century 70 The Subjective and the Objective 73 The Crisis of Symbolism and the Violent Other 78 Evolution of the Species and the Creative Sentiment 85 Nietzsche 91 4 The Poetic Lie 104 The Primitive Origin of Art 105 Gaze and the Invisible 111 The World of Abstraction and the Revolution of the Beasts 118 Dream, Debauchery, Myth 123 5 Conclusion: The Modern Other 139 Animalization of Art 139 The Formalist World of Creation 142 The Surrealist Solutions 144 The Animal Itself 147 Afterword 156 Bibliography 159 Index 172 "This book examines the importance of the animal in modifern art theory, using classic texts of modifern aesthetics and texts written by modifern artists to explore the influence of the human-animal relationship on nineteenth and twentieth century artists and art theorists. The book is unique due to its focus on the concept of the animal, rather than on images of animals, and it aims towards a theoretical account of the connections between the notions of art and animality in the modifern age. Roni Grén{u2019}s book spans various disciplines, such as art theory, art history, animal studies, modifernism, postmodifernism, posthumanism, philosophy, and aesthetics."--Provided by publisher This book examines the importance of the animal in modern art theory. It focuses on the conceptual connections between the notions of art and animality in art theory between the 1750s and 1950s, and clarifies the status of the animal under modernity.