A Phenomenology of Vision: the Self-Portraits of Jean-Étienne Liotard

This essay analyses the self-portraits of Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-1789). Interpreting these objects through the lens of Maurice-Merleau-Ponty's writings on art and vision, I argue that Liotard's self-portraits can be understood as artistic experiments relating to the fundamental phenome...

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Main Author: Williams, Hannah
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: International Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art (RIHA) 2012-01-01
Series:RIHA Journal
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Online Access:http://www.riha-journal.org/articles/2012/2012-jan-mar/williams-phenomenology-of-vision