num_pages: 386
description: "The four essays in this volume constitute Derrida's most explicit and sustained reflection on the art work as pictorial artifact, a reflection partly by way of philosophical aesthetics (Kant, Heidegger), partly by way of a commentary on art works and art scholarship (Van Gogh, Adami, Titus-Carmel). The illustrations are excellent, and the translators, who clearly see their work as both a rendering and a transformation, add yet another dimension to this richly layered composition. Indispensable to collections emphasizing art criticism and aesthetics."—Alexander Gelley, Library Journal
language: English
title: The Truth in Painting
titlecomplete: The Truth in Painting
genres: France, Philosophy, Art History, 20th Century, Nonfiction, Theory, Art
ratings_count: 322
publisher: University of Chicago Press