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Book Synopsis
Four Arts of Photography explores the history of photography through the lens of philosophy and proposes a new scholarly understanding of the art form for the 21st century.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations xi

Notes on Author and Contributors xii

Preface xiii

Wonderment to Puzzlement 1

How to Do Things with Theory 17

To Possess Other Eyes: The First Art 36

Thinking Through Photographs: The Second Art 48

A New Theory of Photography 65

Lyricism: The Third Art 87

The Knowing Eye 105

Abstraction: The Fourth Art 114

Crosscurrents and Boundary Conditions 125

Appendix: The Skeptic’s Argument 133

Comments

Doing Justice to the Art in Photography 135
Diarmuid Costello

Four Thoughts about Four Arts of Photography 147
Cynthia A. Freeland

Notes 157

Index 174

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 04/03/2016
      ISBN13: 9781119053170, 978-1119053170
      ISBN10: 111905317X
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      Philosophy Philosophy: aesthetics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Four Arts of Photography explores the history of photography through the lens of philosophy and proposes a new scholarly understanding of the art form for the 21st century.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations xi

      Notes on Author and Contributors xii

      Preface xiii

      Wonderment to Puzzlement 1

      How to Do Things with Theory 17

      To Possess Other Eyes: The First Art 36

      Thinking Through Photographs: The Second Art 48

      A New Theory of Photography 65

      Lyricism: The Third Art 87

      The Knowing Eye 105

      Abstraction: The Fourth Art 114

      Crosscurrents and Boundary Conditions 125

      Appendix: The Skeptic’s Argument 133

      Comments

      Doing Justice to the Art in Photography 135
      Diarmuid Costello

      Four Thoughts about Four Arts of Photography 147
      Cynthia A. Freeland

      Notes 157

      Index 174

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