Vol. 6 No. 1 (2013): Wittgenstein on Aesthetics / Aesthetics on Wittgenstein
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Understanding Resemblance in Depiction: What Can we Learn from Wittgenstein?

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  • Elisa Caldarola
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Aisthesis-12849

Published 2013-05-15

Keywords

  • Ludwig Wittgenstein,
  • Aesthetics,
  • John Hyman

How to Cite

Caldarola, E. (2013). Understanding Resemblance in Depiction: What Can we Learn from Wittgenstein?. Aisthesis. Pratiche, Linguaggi E Saperi dell’estetico, 6(1), 239–253. https://doi.org/10.13128/Aisthesis-12849
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Abstract

Wittgenstein’s remarks on “seeing-as” have influenced several scholars working on depiction. They have especially inspired those who think that in order to understand depiction we should understand the specific kind of visual experience depictions arouse in the viewer (e.g. Gombrich [1960], Wollheim [1968; 1987]). In this paper I would like to go a different way. My hypothesis is that certain of Wittgenstein’s claims both in the Tractatus and in his later writings resonate well within the context of an objective resemblance account of depiction (Hyman, 2006).
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