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Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2018, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4): 122-130.

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The Vibration of Appearance: The Immanence of Paintings

Li Kelin   

  1. School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China
  • Online:2018-09-25 Published:2018-10-22
  • About author:Li Kelin, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China. Her research fields mainly cover contemporary French philosophy and theory of modernity.
  • Supported by:
    the Social Sciences Fund of China (2017010064)

Abstract: Via reading through the different interpretations on Cezanne's painting by Meyer Schaprio, Merleau-Ponty, D. H. Lawrence and Deleuze, this article is firstly aimed at manifesting the different directions in the development of aesthetic theories after the 20th century: psychoanalysis, phenomenology, literary and art criticism, as well as post-structuralism. Secondly, it intends to demonstrate that although these critiques refer to and draw from one another, they are in parallel relation. And lastly, these observations have elaborated on the artistic world inside the painting, which provides us with a defense of the inexhaustible immanence of art against the negative nihilism of the art market value.

Key words: Meyer Schapiro, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, D.H.Lawrence, Gilles Deleuze