On looking through Wollheim’s bifocals: depiction, twofolded seeing and the trompe-l’œil

Kemp, G. (2018) On looking through Wollheim’s bifocals: depiction, twofolded seeing and the trompe-l’œil. British Journal of Aesthetics, 58(4), pp. 435-447. (doi: 10.1093/aesthj/ayy031)

Abstract

Richard Wollheim was hardly alone in supposing that his account of pictorial depiction implies that a trompe-l’œil is not a depiction. I recommend removing this apparent implication by inserting a Kant-style version of aspect-perception into his account. I characterize the result as Neo-Wollheimian and retain the centrality of Wollheim’s notion of twofoldedness in the theory of depiction, but I demote it to a contingent feature of depictions and I criticize his employment of it for determining the category of both the trompe-l’œil and depictions in general.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Kemp, Dr Gary
• Authors: Kemp, G.
• College/School: College of Arts > School of Humanities > Philosophy
• Journal Name: British Journal of Aesthetics
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• ISSN: 0007-0904
• ISSN (Online): 1468-2842
• Published Online: 01 October 2018
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2018 British Journal of Aesthetics
• First Published: First published in British Journal of Aesthetics 58(4): 435-447
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