Pictures, knowledge, and power: the case of T.J. Clark

Matravers, Derek (2006). Pictures, knowledge, and power: the case of T.J. Clark. In: Kieran, Matthew and Lopes, Dominic eds. Knowing Art: Essays in Aesthetics and Epistemology. Philosophical Studies Series (107). Dortrecht, Netherlands: Springer, pp. 19–35.

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Abstract

This paper considers the account of the content of pictures provided by T.J. Clark. It concludes that Clark's account has many virtues, but is marred by an unjustified commitment to semiotics and to an untenable Marxist theory of explanation.

Item Type:	Book Section
ISBN:	1-4020-5264-2, 978-1-4020-5264-4
Keywords:	Clark; Pictures; Pictorial Content; Manet
Academic Unit/School:	Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies > Philosophy Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
Item ID:	3786
Depositing User:	Derek Matravers
Date Deposited:	24 Apr 2007
Last Modified:	06 Aug 2019 08:25
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/3786
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