Albrecht Dürer and the Construction of the Renaissance Body Allister Neher, Dawson College, Montréal Thursday, October 9, 7 pm
Albrecht Dürer subjected the human body to a nearly maniacal system of measurements and conceived of it as a set of geometrical abstractions. Philosopher of Art, Allister Neher, ponders his motives and the historical implications.
Allister Neher is Program Coordinator of the New School, and teaches the history of art theory and the philosophy of art for the Humanities Department at Dawson College in Montréal. He has published scholarly articles in journals including: Revue d’art canadienne/Canadian Art Review and the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. This talk is based on his article: “Albrecht Dürer and Nicholas Cusanus: the Real, the Ideal, and the Quantification of the Body,” published in the Canadian Aesthetics Journal / Revue canadienne d'esthétique, 2005. His current interests include the history of art history and the intersection of science and art.
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