Heidegger Among the Sculptors: Body, Space, and the Art of Dwelling

by Andrew Mitchell

Book Overview

In the 1950s and 60s, Martin Heidegger turned to sculpture to rethink the relationship between bodies and space and the role of art in our lives. In his texts on the subject--a catalog contribution for an Ernst Barlach exhibition, a speech at a gallery opening for Bernhard Heiliger, a lecture on bas-relief depictions of Athena, and a collaboration with Eduardo Chillida--he formulates his later aesthetic theory, a thinking of relationality. Against...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804770239
• ISBN13: 9780804770231
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"