Beyond Resemblance

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10698764
AutoresGabriel Greenberg (0000-0003-1329-4645, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume122
Fascículo2
Páginas215-287
Data de publicação2013-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Philosophical Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0031-8108 • E-ISSN: 1558-1470
EditoraDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/00318108-1963716
OpenAlexW4247426167
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas43
Referências 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