bokomslag A Theory of the Tache in Nineteenth-Century Painting
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A Theory of the Tache in Nineteenth-Century Painting

Ystein Sjstad

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  • 190 sidor
  • 2014
Without question, the tache (blot, patch, stain) is a central and recurring motif in nineteenth-century modernist painting. Manet's and the Impressionists rejection of academic finish produced a surface where the strokes of paint were presented directly, as patches or blots, then indirectly as legible signs. Czanne, Seurat, and Signac painted exclusively with patches or dots. Through a series of close readings, this book looks at the tache as one of the most important features in nineteenth-century modernism. The tache is a potential meeting point between text and image and a pure trace of the artists body. Even though each manifestation of tacheism generates its own specific cultural effects, this book represents the first time a scholar has looked at tacheism as a hidden continuum within modern art. With a methodological framework drawn from the semiotics of text and image, the author introduces a much-needed fine-tuning to the classic terms index, symbol, and icon. The concept of the tache as a crossing of sign-types enables finer distinctions and observations than have been available thus far within the Peircean tradition. The sign-crossing theory opens onto the whole terrain of interaction between visual art, art criticism, literature, philosophy, and psychology.
  • Författare: Ystein Sjstad
  • Illustratör: Includes 20 b&w illustrations
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9781472429445
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 190
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2014-06-28
  • Förlag: Routledge