Wollheim, Wittgenstein, and Pictorial Representation: Seeing-as and Seeing-in

Pictorial Representation Is One Of The Core Questions In Aesthetics And Philosophy Of Art. What Is A Picture? How Do Pictures Represent Things? This Collection Of Specially Commissioned Chapters Examines The Influential Thesis That The Core Of Pictorial Representation Is Not Resemblance But 'seeing-in', In Particular As Found In The Work Of Richard Wollheim. We Can See A Passing Cloud As A Rabbit, But We Also See A Rabbit In The Clouds. 'seeing-in' Is An Imaginative Act Of The Kind Employed By Leonardo’s Pupils When He Told Them To See What They Could - For Example, Battle Scenes - In A Wall Of Cracked Plaster. This Collection Examines The Idea Of 'seeing-in' As It Appears Primarily In The Work Of Wollheim But Also Its Origins In The Work Of Wittgenstein. An International Roster Of Contributors Examine Topics Such As The Contrast Between Seeing-in And Seeing-as; Whether Or In What Sense Wollheim Can Be Thought Of As Borrowing From Wittgenstein; The Idea That All Perception Is Conceptual Or Propositional; The Metaphor Of Figure And Ground And Its Relation To The Notion Of 'two-foldedness'; The Importance In Art Of Emotion And The Imagination. Wollheim, Wittgenstein And Pictorial Representation: Seeing-as And Seeing-in Is Essential Reading For Students And Scholars Of Aesthetics And Philosophy Of Art, And Also Of Interest To Those In Related Subjects Such As Philosophy Of Mind And Art Theory.