Visual Theory: Painting and Interpretation

In Recent Years There Has Been A Growing Interest In Problems Of Theory And Method In The Field Of Art History. Semiology, Phenomenology, Feminism, Analytical Philosophy And Marxism Have All Contributed To A Lively Debate Among Art Historians And Have Helped To Stimulate New Research. This Volume Draws Together Some Of The Authors Who Have Been Most Prominent And Influential In Recent Methodological Debates And Enables Them To Develop Their Views. The Contributions Include Norman Bryson On Semiology And The Limits Of Meaning; Aruthur Danto On Description And Pictorial Perception; Rosalind Krauss On The Reception Of Recent French Critical Theory; Linda Nochlin On Gender And Power; Michael Podro On Depiction; David Summers On Image And Metaphor; And Richard Wollheim On The Role Of The Spectator. Each Of These Major Contributions Is Critically Discussed By A Number Of Other Scholars In The Field. Women, Art, And Power / Linda Nochlin -- Will (s)he Stoop To Conquer? Preliminaries Toward A Reading Of Edward Hopper's Office At Night / Ellen Wiley Todd -- Linda Nochlin's 'women, Art, And Power' / Ludmilla Jordanova -- Semiology And Visual Interpretation / Norman Bryson -- Reflections On Bryson / Stephen Melville -- Using Language To Do Business As Usual / Rosalind Krauss -- The Politics Of Arbitrariness / Norman Bryson -- What The Spectator Sees / Richard Wollheim -- Painting After Art? : Comments On Wollheim / Flint Schier -- Richard Wollheim's 'seeing-in' And 'representation' / Martin Kelly -- Depiction And The Golden Calf / Michael Podro -- Poussin And The Rhetoric Of Depiction : A Response To Michael Podro / Timothy Erwin. Description And The Phenomenology Of Perception / Arthur C. Danto -- Minding The Animals : Or, Can Pigeons Be Hopeful? / Martin Donogho -- The Aesthetics Of Indiscernibles / Garry Hagberg -- Real Metaphor : Towards A Redefinition Of The 'conceptual' Image / David Summers -- On The Critical Value Of Categories : A Response To David Summers / David Radcliffe -- Real Artefacts : A Comment On 'conceptual Art' / Shelly Errington. Edited By Norman Bryson, Michael Ann Holly, Keith Moxey. Lectures Delivered At An Institute On Theory And Interpretation In The Visual Arts Held At Hobart And William Smith Colleges In July And August 1987. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.