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Subject: [AE] IP LAF | 22 MAY: Hanneke Grootenboer "Painting as
Denkbild: On the Embodiment of Thought"
London Aesthetics Forum (Institute of
Philosophy)
Wednesday 22th May 2013
16.00 - 18.00 | Stewart House, STB9 (basement)
32 Russell Square London WC1B 5DN
Hanneke Grootenboer (Oxford)
Painting as Denkbild: b(On the Embodiment of
Thought
This presentation aims at (re)uniting art and philosophy by
arguing that a painting can offer us a "thought" rather than a
meaning or a narrative. Such "pensive images" do not demand
interpretation, but somehow force us to think. The idea that
painting is a form of thinking is not new, however, the separation
of aesthetics and art history as disciplines in the 19th century
has obscured the deep engagement of art with philosophy. I would
like to reveal this intimate relation by tracing the history of
the notion of Denkbild or Though-Image. As I will demonstrate on
the basis of a close analysis of 17th century Dutch painting, the
notion of 'Denkbild' has a rich history which leads from Walter
Benjamin's literary miniatures via Winckelmann and Herder to
Ranciere's emancipated spectator.
The talk will be free and open to all. For more
information please visit our website www.londonaestheticsforum.org
The London Aesthetics Forum (Institute of Philosophy) is
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