{"product_id":"the-objective-eye-john-hyman-9780226365534","title":"The Objective Eye: Color, Form, and Reality in the Theory of Art","description":"\"The longer you work, the more the mystery deepens of what appearance is, or how what is called appearance can be made in another medium.\"--Francis Bacon, painter \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis, in a nutshell, is the central problem in the theory of art. It has fascinated philosophers from Plato to Wittgenstein. And it fascinates artists and art historians, who have always drawn extensively on philosophical ideas about language and representation, and on ideas about vision and the visible world that have deep philosophical roots. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Hyman's \u003ci\u003eThe Objective Eye\u003c\/i\u003e is a radical treatment of this problem, deeply informed by the history of philosophy and science, but entirely fresh. The questions tackled here are fundamental ones: Is our experience of color an illusion? How does the metaphysical status of colors differ from that of shapes? What is the difference between a picture and a written text? Why are some pictures said to be more realistic than others? Is it because they are especially truthful or, on the contrary, because they deceive the eye? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Objective Eye\u003c\/i\u003e explores the fundamental concepts we use constantly in our most innocent thoughts and conversations about art, as well as in the most sophisticated art theory. The book progresses from pure philosophy to applied philosophy and ranges from the metaphysics of color to Renaissance perspective, from anatomy in ancient Greece to impressionism in nineteenth-century France. Philosophers, art historians, and students of the arts will find \u003ci\u003eThe Objective Eye\u003c\/i\u003e challenging and absorbing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Hyman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226365530\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226365534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.06w x 0.69d","brand":"John Hyman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483432268031,"sku":"9780226365534","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f102e20a-d1d0-40bc-9815-99374495a483.jpg?v=1778038719","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-objective-eye-john-hyman-9780226365534","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}