{"product_id":"the-enigmatic-body-essays-on-the-arts-paperback-9780521378253","title":"The Enigmatic Body; Essays on the Arts (Paperback) 9780521378253","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Enigmatic Body\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays on the Arts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA translation of essays by French critic and theorist Jean-Louis Schefer.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJean-Louis Schefer (Author), Paul Smith (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521378253, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 16 November 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e212 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 1.1 cm, 0.35 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Enigmatic Body presents the work of an important French theorist. The selection represents the whole of Jean-Louis Schefer's career, from the 1960s, when he was influenced by structuralism, to his more lyrical and autobiographical essays of the 1990s, which meditate on the role of the spectator in relation to art practice. Schefer considers the very nature of art, film and writing through his close examination of artists as diverse as Uccello, Poussin and Cy Twombly, and writers such as Paul Valéry and Roland Barthes. These provocative essays all register the writer's direct confrontation with these various media in a way that stands as a corrective to the formal traditions of interpretation and criticism. Autobiographical, yet theoretically informed and historically detailed, Schefer's work offers some of the most original interpretations of art available.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Paul Smith\u003cbr\u003e Foreword Jean-Louis Schefer\u003cbr\u003e 1. Split Colour\/Blur\u003cbr\u003e 2. On the object of figuration\u003cbr\u003e 3. Thanatography\/skiagraphy\u003cbr\u003e 4. The plague\u003cbr\u003e 5. Light and its prey\u003cbr\u003e 6. Someone writing\u003cbr\u003e 7. Roland Barthes\u003cbr\u003e 8. Cinema\u003cbr\u003e 9. On La Jetée\u003cbr\u003e 10. Cy Twombly: uncertainty principle\u003cbr\u003e 11. What are red things?\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Selected bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Cultural studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Cultural studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Cultural%20studies%20%5BJFC%5D%22\"\u003eJFC\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20theory%20%5BDSA%5D%22\"\u003eDSA\u003c\/a\u003e], Film theory \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Film theory \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Film%20theory%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BAPFA%5D%22\"\u003eAPFA\u003c\/a\u003e], Theory of art [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theory of art\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theory%20of%20art%20%5BABA%5D%22\"\u003eABA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006016835864,"sku":"9780521378253","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521378253i_4441bafb-0069-412f-9d27-6a09900b252d.jpg?v=1691376056","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-enigmatic-body-essays-on-the-arts-paperback-9780521378253","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}