Between Figure and Ground Seeing in Premodernity

The terms "figure" and "ground" became fundamental to art-historical analysis. But is this dichotomy suited to describe premodern art and? This volume calls into question long-standing habits of seeing and understanding figure-ground relations, expands art historical vocabularies...

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Main Author: Quené, Saskia C
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2025
Deutscher Kunstverlag GmbH
Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV)
Edition:1
Subjects:
ART / General
ART / History / General
art theory
Bildwissenschaft
Figur
figure
figure, ground, art theory
Frühe Neuzeit
Gestalttheorie
ground
Grund
Kunsttheorie
Mittelalter
Renaissance
The Arts
The arts: general topics
Theory of art
Renaissance
figure, ground, art theory
Frühe Neuzeit
figure
Figur
Gestalttheorie
Bildwissenschaft
ground
art theory
Mittelalter
Grund
Kunsttheorie
ISBN:3422801227, 9783422801226, 3422801219, 9783422801219
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Summary:The terms "figure" and "ground" became fundamental to art-historical analysis. But is this dichotomy suited to describe premodern art and? This volume calls into question long-standing habits of seeing and understanding figure-ground relations, expands art historical vocabularies, and challenges anachronistic attachments to modernist paradigms
ISBN:3422801227
9783422801226
3422801219
9783422801219
DOI:10.1515/9783422801226