What Drawing and Painting Really Mean: The Phenomenology of Image and Gesture

There are as many meanings to drawing and painting as there are cultural contexts for them to exist in. But this is not the end of the story. Drawings and paintings are made, and in their making embody unique meanings that transform our perception of space-time and sense of finitude. These meanings have not been addressed by art history or visual studies hitherto, and have only been considered indirectly by philosophers (mainly in the phenomenological tradition). If these intrinsic meanings are explained and further developed, then the philosophy of art practice is significantly enhanced. The present work, accordingly, is a phenomenology of how the gestural and digital creation of visual imagery generates self-transformation through aesthetic space. Additional ISBNs1138232661, 0367331446, 1315311852, 9781138232662, 9780367331443, 9781315311852What Drawing and Painting Really Mean: The Phenomenology of Image and Gesture 1st Edition is written by Paul Crowther and published by Routledge. ISBNs for What Drawing and Painting Really Mean are 9781315311838, 1315311836 and the print ISBNs are 9780367331443, 0367331446. Additional ISBNs include 1138232661, 0367331446, 1315311852, 9781138232662, 9780367331443, 9781315311852.