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Arnheim, Gestalt and Media

An Ontological Theory

by Ian Verstegen

Type
Essays
Subject
Theory
Keywords
philosophy, theory
Publishing date
2019
Publisher
Springer
Collection
SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
Language
English
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Physical desc.
Paperback • 147 pages
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)
ISBN
978-3-030-02969-2
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Book Presentation:
Offers a powerful defense of media difference using a non-essential approach to ontology

Features an innovative marriage of Gestalt psychology and Austrian ontology

Presents an important theory of media developed by psychologist Rudolf Arnheim, a famous early critic and theorist of film and radio

About the Author:
Ian Verstegen is Associate Director of Visual Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published on early modern and modern art history, art historiography, aesthetics and philosophy. He is the author of Arnheim, Gestalt and Art (also with Springer). His most recent book is Federico Barocco and the Oratorians.

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