The Art of Gerhard Richter: Hermeneutics; Images; Meaning presents the first philosophical investigation of; arguably; one of the most popular and important painters working today; Gerhard Richter. From monochrome painting and photo realism to conceptual art and gesture-expressive painting; Richter has transformed the spectrum of 20th-Century painting. Building upon Gadamers notion of formed images; the book outlines elements of a hermeneutics and a phenomenology of images and paintings. Moreover; the hermeneutic approach to art is combined with the crucial question of how paintings and photographs are related to each other for Richter. The author suggests that paintings "open updagger;? the fixed relation and intentionality of photographs by idealizing and essentializing the content of the photographs. By relying upon a hermeneutical and phenomenological approach; rather than working from abstract theory; The Art of Gerhard Richter provides philosophical insights developed out of Richters works of art. Uncovering key philosophical aspects of Richters work; the authors reflections discuss the relation between appearance and essence; the role of faith and hope; the dialectic of distance and nearness; the issues of death and terror; and the role of beauty and landscapes in Richters paintings.
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