[ebooks] Slum- und Squatterbildung in der Dritten Welt: Entwicklung; rauml;umliche Muster; soziale Strukturen; Planungsprobleme (German Edition) by Anne Suuml;rken in Arts-Photography

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As a major member of the New York School; Barnett Newman is celebrated for his radical explorations of color and scale and; as a precursor to the Minimalist movement; for his significant contribution to the development of twentieth-century American art. But if his reputation and place in history have grown progressively more secure; the work he produced remains highly resistant to interpretation. His paintings are rigorously abstract; and his writings full of references to arcane metaphysical concepts. Frustrated over their inability to reconcile the works with what the artist said about them; some critics have dismissed the paintings as impenetrable. The art historian Yve-Alain Bois called Newman ldquo;the most difficult artistrdquo; he could name; and the philosopher Jean-Franccedil;ois Lyotard declared that ldquo;there is almost nothing to lsquo;consumersquo; [in his work]; or if there is; I do not know what it is.rdquo; In order to advance interpretation; this book investigates both Newmanrsquo;s writings and paintings in light of ideas articulated by one of Germanyrsquo;s most important and influential philosophers: Martin Heidegger. Many of the themes explored in Newmanrsquo;s statements; and echoed in the titles of his paintings; betray numerous points of intersection with Heideggerrsquo;s philosophy: the question of origins; the distinctiveness of human presence; a personrsquo;s sense of place; the sensation of terror; the definition of freedom; the importance of mood to existence; the particularities of art and language; the impact of technology on modern life; the meaning of time; and the human beingrsquo;s relationship to others and to the divine. When examined in the context of Heideggerian thought; these issues acquire greater concreteness; and; in turn; their relation to the artistrsquo;s paintings becomes clearer. It is the contention of this book that; at the intersection of art history and philosophy; an interdisciplinary framework emerges wherein the artistrsquo;s broader motivations and the specific meanings of his paintings prove more amenable to elucidation.