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The great image has no form, or, On the nonobject through painting / François Jullien ; translated by Jane Marie Todd.

Author/creator Jullien, François, 1951-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Descriptionxxiii, 263 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Uniform titleGrande image n'a pas de forme ou Du non-objet par la peinture. English
Portion of title Great image has no form
Portion of title On the nonobject through painting
Contents Web of texts and corpus -- Presence-absence -- From the foundation-fount of painting -- Vague-drab-indistinct -- The great image has no form -- Theory of the sketch -- Empty and full -- Not quitting, not sticking -- Quitting form to achieve resemblance -- The spirit of a landscape -- On the truth in painting -- Gaze or contemplation? -- Peindre n'est pas dépeindre -- Ink and brush, form and color -- What does painting write? -- Image-phenomenon: painting transformation and life.
General noteTranslated from the French.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008053136
ISBN9780226415307 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226415314 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0226415309 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226415317 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks ND1040 .J8513 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold