Download or read book Nature of Representation written by Richard Bernheimer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Nature of Representation: A Phenomenological Inquiry Since then, we have witnessed the ascendancy of a still more radical development, variously termed Ab stract Expressionism, Action Painting, or tachisme. Whatever our ultimate assessment of its significance and the time is hardly ripe yet for such a task - we must credit it with one notable effect: it has given us a new perspective on the avant-garde of yesterday. Picasso, Kandinsky, Mondrian, Klee, Ernst suddenly look like old masters in comparison, and we realize far more clearly than before that they are'still linked to tradi tional values which the Action Painters seem determined to reject. Perhaps this impression is somewhat decep tive; to future eyes, the Abstract expressiomsts and their kin will probably appear less antitraditional than they do at present. Be that as it may, they resist analysis in terms of the critical vocabulary developed for their predecessors. They have thus had an important catalytic effect in making us aware of the need to re-examine our conceptual tools. AS Dr. Bernheimer acknowledges in the opening sentences of this book, his inquiry into the nature of representation is a symptom of our time. We can go further and assert that his subject is the central problem posed by the state of painting and sculpture today. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.