Description: This book investigates the writings and works of the American Abstract Expressionist artist Barnett Newman in light of ideas articulated by one of Germany's most important and influential philosophers: Martin Heidegger. At the intersection of art history and philosophy, an int...
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"Viewers who have acknowledged the demands that Newman's art places on them cannot fail, when they become readers of this book, to appreciate Claude Cernuschi's accomplishment in philosophically interpreting the artist's works and ideas. Reaching beyond the disciplinary boundaries of art history narrowly construed, Cernuschi provides a rewarding assessment of the Heideggerian resonance of Newman's thought, and ultimately clears a path to a greater understanding of the meaning and significance of his art." --Michael Schreyach, Trinity University
"With the scrupulous attention to detail and brisk writing style that characterizes Claude Cernuschi's work, his new study probes intriguing correspondences between Martin Heidegger's articulation of philosophical principles and Barnett Newman's articulation of aesthetic experience. Cernuschi demonstrates that the two thinkers shared numerous concepts and metaphors. To follow him through the maze of his investigation is to observe philosophy becoming aesthetics and aesthetics becoming philosophy. This fascinating convergence may well have pleased both Heidegger and Newman." --Richard Shiff, Professor, The University of Texas at Austin