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The Clever Object presents a multidisciplinary exploration of the ways objects materialise, embody, or negotiate various forms of intelligence, revealing the use of the idea of the clever object as an analytic tool of art-historical interpretation.

Table of Contents

6 Notes on Contributors

8 Chapter 1 The Clever Object: Three Pavilions, Three Loggias, and a Planetarium
Matthew C. Hunter and Francesco Lucchini

32 Chapter 2 Aleardino’s Glass
Francesco Lucchini

52 Chapter 3 Object, Image, Cleverness: The Lienzo de Tlaxcala
Byron Ellsworth Hamann

80 Chapter 4 Picture, Object, Puzzle, Prompter: Devilish Cleverness in Restoration London
Matthew C. Hunter

102 Chapter 5 Screen Wise, Screen Play: Jacques de Lajoue and the Ruses of Rococo
Katie Scott

142 Chapter 6 William Morris’s Tapestry: Metamorphosis and Prophecy in The Woodpecker
Caroline Arscott

160 Chapter 7 Fischli and Weiss’s Equilibre/Quiet Afternoon (1984-5)
Rachel Wells

174 Chapter 8 Clever Objects – Tell-Tale Objects
Simon Starling in conversation with Christiane Rekade

186 Chapter 9 Fragments of Great Visions
Ian Kiaer in conversation with Christiane Rekade

198 Chapter 10 Response: Clever Fetishists
Roman Frigg

204 Chapter 11 Response: Playing Dumb
Glenn Adamson

211 Index

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 6 December 2013
      ISBN-13 9781118710760
      978-1118710760
      ISBN-10 1118710762
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      Theory of art

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Clever Object presents a multidisciplinary exploration of the ways objects materialise, embody, or negotiate various forms of intelligence, revealing the use of the idea of the clever object as an analytic tool of art-historical interpretation.

      Table of Contents

      6 Notes on Contributors

      8 Chapter 1 The Clever Object: Three Pavilions, Three Loggias, and a Planetarium
      Matthew C. Hunter and Francesco Lucchini

      32 Chapter 2 Aleardino’s Glass
      Francesco Lucchini

      52 Chapter 3 Object, Image, Cleverness: The Lienzo de Tlaxcala
      Byron Ellsworth Hamann

      80 Chapter 4 Picture, Object, Puzzle, Prompter: Devilish Cleverness in Restoration London
      Matthew C. Hunter

      102 Chapter 5 Screen Wise, Screen Play: Jacques de Lajoue and the Ruses of Rococo
      Katie Scott

      142 Chapter 6 William Morris’s Tapestry: Metamorphosis and Prophecy in The Woodpecker
      Caroline Arscott

      160 Chapter 7 Fischli and Weiss’s Equilibre/Quiet Afternoon (1984-5)
      Rachel Wells

      174 Chapter 8 Clever Objects – Tell-Tale Objects
      Simon Starling in conversation with Christiane Rekade

      186 Chapter 9 Fragments of Great Visions
      Ian Kiaer in conversation with Christiane Rekade

      198 Chapter 10 Response: Clever Fetishists
      Roman Frigg

      204 Chapter 11 Response: Playing Dumb
      Glenn Adamson

      211 Index

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