By John Sallis
Transfigurements develops a framework for puzzling over artwork via cutting edge readings of a few of crucial philosophical writing at the topic by way of Kant, Hegel, and Heidegger. Sallis exposes new layers of their texts and theories whereas additionally marking their limits. by way of doing so, his goal is to teach that philosophy must attend to artwork without delay. for that reason, Sallis additionally addresses quite a lot of artworks, together with work by means of Raphael, Monet, and Klee; Shakespeare’s comedies; and the tune of Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler, and Tan Dun. via those interpretations, he places forth a compelling new elaboration of the philosophy of art.
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