Author

Publication

1996-10-13 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

84,000 words, Guess

Page Count

336 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number96019427
  • Goodreads3923908

Classifications

  • LCCN71 .R49 1996

Description

The Rhetoric of the Frame addresses the question of the frame in the visual arts and how it influences the way we perceive artworks. Challenging Emmanual Kant's characterization of the frame as merely an external supplement, the fourteen essays in this anthology consider the frame to be an indispensable if volatile complement to the artwork. Inspired by Jacques Derrida's ideas of parergonality, these essays problematize "inside/outside" polarity, articulating difference without reifying the unstable relationship between the artwork and the frame. Ranging from a study of the English country-house portrait to a reading of the AIDS quilt, and from a feminist perspective on pornography and performance art to sixteenth-century map making, these essays collectively consider the frame in its material, conceptual, ideological, gendered, and poststructural aspects.

First Sentence

SINCE the all-conquering appearance of film, the word "frame" has had two meanings.

Excerpt

SINCE the all-conquering appearance of film, the word "frame" has had two meanings.

Subjects

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  • The Rhetoric of the FrameHardcoverCambridge University Press1996-10-13

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