On the Lapidary Style
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3893916 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Denise Riley (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 17-36 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | differences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1040-7391 • E-ISSN: 1527-1986 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/10407391-3821676 |
| OpenAlex | W2606005055 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
The lapidary style" suggests a manner of writing that runs close to working a material-carving lettering into rock, cutting a gem into fine facets. Poised between the properties of the stone and of the jewel, this term holds the tensions of stone's solidity and light's refraction. This discussion will range over the curious nature of this style, its virtues of concision and incisiveness, and what it might say about the "materiality" of language. The "lapidary" shows us the profound implication of a gestural style with meaning
Aesthetics · Art · Carving · Epistemology · Literature · Materiality (auditing · Meaning (existential · Style (visual arts · Visual arts · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |