Tragic landscapes
TJ Clark and Gillian Rose on modernity and the future
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4481602 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom Bunyard (0000-0001-9959-2760, University of Liverpool, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 186 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 116-136 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thesis Eleven (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/07255136251314515 |
| OpenAlex | W4406948964 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
This essay places the work of the art historian TJ Clark in relation to the social and political philosophy of Gillian Rose. It develops an interpretation of the ideas that inform his art history, and of the ways in which they inform his advocacy of a 'tragic' approach to what he calls 'Left' politics. The latter approach is intended to avoid the dangers that Clark takes to be inherent in the Left's classical focus on shaping the social conditions of the future. The essay shows that Rose's philosophy is also sensitive to such concerns, and that it echoes aspects of Clark's position. In her work, however, this does not come at the cost of abandoning an orientation to the future. These points are developed via a discussion of the two writers' respective conceptions of modernity, and via a consideration of their differing readings of two paintings by Nicolas Poussin
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Epistemology · Modernity · Sociology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Philosophy · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |