But the Image Wants Danger”
Georges Bataille, Werner Herzog, and Poetical Response to Paleoart
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12911659 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barnaby Dicker (Issues Research, corresponding author), N Lee (0000-0002-6209-0262, Royal Holloway University of London) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-51 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Time and Mind (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-696X • E-ISSN: 1751-6978 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2752/175169712x13182754067386 |
| OpenAlex | W2008928106 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
The high-profile theatrical release of Werner Herzog's feature-length documentary film Cave of Forgotten Dreams in Spring 2011 invites reflection on the way in which paleoart is and has been engaged with at a cultural level. By Herzog's own account, the film falls on the side of poetry, rather than science. This article considers what is at stake in a “poetical” engagement with the scientific findings concerning paleoart and argues that such approaches harbor value for humanity's understanding of its own history. To this end, Herzog's work is brought into dialogue with Georges Bataille's writing on paleoart, in particular, Lascaux—a precedent of poetical engagement
Art · Art history · Humanity · Literature · Painting · Poetry · Theology · Value (mathematics · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · History · History of Science and Natural History · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Philosophy
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Towards a cognitive archaeology
Praxis and Poesis in Aristotle's practical philosophy
Travel Through the Stereoscope
Phantom Lascaux
Art Mobilier' from the Apollo 11 Cave, South West Africa
The Cradle of Humanity
Autobiographical Note
The Origin of Art
The 'Return' of 3-D
Poiesis
Cognitive Archaeology and Imaginary History at Great Zimbabwe
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |