Iconica. L’intuizione delle immagini

Posthumously published by Gottfried Boehm, Iconic may well be considered as a concise summa of Max Imdahl’s theories and methods. Referring to Panofsky and to his idea of an art-historical understanding on three levels («pre-iconographic», «iconographic» and «iconological»), Imdahl highlights the li...

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Main Author: Max Imdahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2012-10-01
Series:Aisthesis
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Online Access:http://www.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/11474
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spelling doaj-3e54f7349f9d46439998a935700cf9b32020-11-25T00:57:28ZengFirenze University PressAisthesis2035-84662012-10-0152113210.13128/Aisthesis-1147410206Iconica. L’intuizione delle immaginiMax ImdahlPosthumously published by Gottfried Boehm, Iconic may well be considered as a concise summa of Max Imdahl’s theories and methods. Referring to Panofsky and to his idea of an art-historical understanding on three levels («pre-iconographic», «iconographic» and «iconological»), Imdahl highlights the limits of such interpretation, suggesting the necessity of overcoming it and outlining a fourth level which he calls «iconic». Basing on this approach, it becomes possible to look at images as self-referential systems, as autonomous domains endowed with a constitutive and productive power irreducible to verbal explanation.http://www.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/11474Iconic, aesthetics, image
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Iconica. L’intuizione delle immagini
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Iconic, aesthetics, image
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title Iconica. L’intuizione delle immagini
title_short Iconica. L’intuizione delle immagini
title_full Iconica. L’intuizione delle immagini
title_fullStr Iconica. L’intuizione delle immagini
title_full_unstemmed Iconica. L’intuizione delle immagini
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publisher Firenze University Press
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issn 2035-8466
publishDate 2012-10-01
description Posthumously published by Gottfried Boehm, Iconic may well be considered as a concise summa of Max Imdahl’s theories and methods. Referring to Panofsky and to his idea of an art-historical understanding on three levels («pre-iconographic», «iconographic» and «iconological»), Imdahl highlights the limits of such interpretation, suggesting the necessity of overcoming it and outlining a fourth level which he calls «iconic». Basing on this approach, it becomes possible to look at images as self-referential systems, as autonomous domains endowed with a constitutive and productive power irreducible to verbal explanation.
topic Iconic, aesthetics, image
url http://www.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/11474
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