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What is a Picture?

Depiction, Realism, Abstraction

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  • © 2011

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Authors:
  1. Michael Newall

    1. University of Kent, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Michael Newall
    Pages 1-8

  3. Convention

    • Michael Newall
    Pages 9-18

  4. Seeing and the Experience of Pictures

    • Michael Newall
    Pages 19-41

  5. A Theory of Depiction

    • Michael Newall
    Pages 42-65

  6. Resemblance

    • Michael Newall
    Pages 66-94

  7. Transparency and Resemblance

    • Michael Newall
    Pages 95-113

  8. Realism

    • Michael Newall
    Pages 114-134

  9. Varieties of Realism

    • Michael Newall
    Pages 135-171

  10. Abstraction

    • Michael Newall
    Pages 172-198

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 199-234
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About this book

Using an approach deeply informed by philosophy of art, art history and perceptual psychology, this book places seeing at the centre of an original theory of pictorial representation and explores the ramifications such a theory has for the visual arts.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Kent, UK

    Michael Newall

About the author

MICHAEL NEWALL is Lecturer in History & Philosophy of Art at the University of Kent, UK. He is winner of the 2009 John Fisher Memorial Prize in Aesthetics.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: What is a Picture?

  • Book Subtitle: Depiction, Realism, Abstraction

  • Authors: Michael Newall

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230297531

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-27655-0Published: 21 December 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-32519-1Published: 01 January 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-29753-1Published: 10 June 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 234

  • Topics: Arts, Philosophy, general, Aesthetics, Fine Arts

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