The art of gesture : Classical and Renaissance expressions /

"A philosophy or art in contradistinction to aesthetics. A genuine philosophical engagement with the detail of works of art A highly original interpretation of Rosso Fiorentino and Piero Della Francesca in terms of the Christian political theologyThe use of the work of Walter Benjamin to develo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Benjamin, Andrew E. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2026]
Subjects:	Warburg, Aby, > 1866-1929. Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940. Gesture in art. Art > Philosophy. Art and philosophy. Art > Philosophie. Art et philosophie. Gestes dans l'art. Art > Philosophy Art and philosophy Gesture in art

Table of Contents:

Introduction : Gesture as informed form
Part I. Towards the object
1. The object of expression
2. The emergence of the object : After Kant on genius
Part II. Aby Warburg and Walter Benjamin
3. The doubling of gesture : Aby Warburg and Walter Benjamin
4. Gesture and expression : Interrupting lament's repetition, Walter Benjamin and Sophocles' Electra
5. Empathy and gesture : Aby Warburg in La Cappella Sassetti
Part III. The art of Christian political theology
6. Rosso Fiorentino's "dead" Christs
7. Piero della Francesca's Resurrection
Conclusion.