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Cubism: Art and Philosophy

Abstract

In this paper I argue that the development of cubism by Picasso and Braque at the beginning of the twentieth century can be illuminated by consideration of long-running philosophical debates concerning perceptual realism, in particular by Locke’s (1689) distinction between primary and secondary properties, and Kant’s (1781) empirical realism. Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1920), Picasso’s dealer and early authority on cubism, interpreted Picasso and Braque as Kantian in their approach. I reject his influential interpretation, but propose a more plausible, Kantian reading of cubism.

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O'Brien, Dan

Oxford Brookes departments

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\Department of History, Philosophy and Culture

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Year of publication: 2018
Date of RADAR deposit: 2018-07-05


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