Dead or Alive : Tracing the Animation of Matter in Art and Visual Culture

Dead or Alive : Tracing the Animation of Matter in Art and Visual Culture

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FörlagAarhus Universitetsforlag
ISBN9788771843521

The image is an ontological paradox; it is made of dead matter, yet appears to be alive. For centuries, artists have created images of the living world – images that are static and yet possess the power to bring to life a frozen moment in time. While this tension has constituted a fundamental challe