Beyond Resemblance

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10698764
AutoresGabriel Greenberg (0000-0003-1329-4645, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen122
Número2
Páginas215-287
Fecha de publicación2013-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Philosophical Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0031-8108 • E-ISSN: 1558-1470
EditorialDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/00318108-1963716
OpenAlexW4247426167
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas43
Referencias citadas37

What is it for a picture to depict a scene? The most orthodox philosophical theory of pictorial representation holds that depiction is grounded in resemblance. A picture represents a scene in virtue of being similar to that scene in certain ways. This essay presents evidence against this claim: curvilinear perspective is one common style of depiction in which successful pictorial representation depends as much on a picture’s systematic differences with the scene depicted as on the similarities; it cannot be analyzed in terms of similarity alone. The same problem arises for many other kinds of depiction. The essay concludes that depiction in general is not grounded in resemblance but geometrical transformation

Art · Depiction · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Perspective (graphical) · Representation (politics) · Style (visual arts) · Virtue · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Philosophy · Semiotics and Representation Studies · Visual Culture and Art Theory