The vanishing reader : the changing role of letters in paintings

Author

Druce, Robert

Document type

Livre (actes de congrès)

Language

English

Conference name

First International Conference on Word & Image = Premier Congres international de texte et image

Source

Word & image. 1988, Num. 1, Vol. 4, p. 177-185, 4 ill.

ISSN

0266-6286

Abstract (en)

Suggests that in modern images consisting primarily or solely of text (e.g. Ralph Lillford, 1960s) the viewer replaces the reader formerly represented in the image itself (e.g. Michel Garnier, The letter, 1791, Minneapolis Institute of Art).

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing
• Correspondence
• Painting
• 1700-1800
• The Letter
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts||Minneapolis (MN, USA)
• Lillford, Ralph, b.1932
• Representation
• France
• Great Britain
• Reading
• Iconography

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin
• Correspondance
• Peinture
• 1700-1800
• La Lettre
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts||Minneapolis (MN, USA)
• Lillford, Ralph, n.1932
• Représentation
• France
• Grande-Bretagne
• Lecture
• Iconographie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00447300

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