Contact information
Name:
Alessandro Giovannelli
Phone:
5875
Email:
giovannelli@lafayette.edu
Categories:
When:
Thursday, November 21, 2019 - 4:10pm - 5:30pm
Where:
Pardee Hall, Room 321
Presenter:
Professor Alessandro Giovannelli, Philosophy Department
Price:
Free
Portraiture as a visual arts genre is best defined by reference to the distinctive kind of experience portraits, essentially, foster—what I dub “portrait-seeing.” A proper understanding of such an experience also facilitates the identification of the additional features portraits typically exhibit, hence leading to a fuller elucidation of the genre. The experience-based account here defended proves superior to the currently prevalent, content-based theories of such thinkers as Cynthia Freeland, Paolo Spinicci, and Hans Maes. Examples discussed are mostly from film, painting, and photography. Yet, the theory also applies to such ordinary images as tourism mementos and digital selfies.
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Sponsored by:
The Philosophy Department, the Philosophy Club, the Art Department, and the Humanities Center