Stone

Name: Stone
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ISBN: 9780253350626

ISBN-10: 025335062X

ISBN-13: 9780253350626

Edition: N/A

Authors: John Sallis

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Stone challenges the simple opposition of philosophy and art . . . in a style that has the directness of sculpture. ÑJohn Llewelyn The relation of our vision of stone's beauty to what we say, think, and write about stone, about the way in which such vision can both empower and interrupt language, is radiantly revealed in Stone. In an elegant and provocative text enhanced by photographs, John Sallis takes up the various guises and settings in which stone appears: in wild nature, in shelter against the elements, in the tombstones of the Jewish cemetery in Prague, in Greek temples and gothic cathedrals, and in sculpture and drama. Stone is critically attentive not only to what certain…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.836

John Sallisis the Frederick J. Adelmann Professor of Philosophy at Boston College and the author of numerous books, includingThe Verge of PhilosophyandShades—Of Painting at the Limit.