The Trouble with Space in Painting by James Hyde - 9781350253667

The Trouble with Space in PaintingA Critical History\nAuthor(s): James Hyde\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350253667, 978-1350253667\nSynopsis\nJames Hyde, a practicing painter, presents a radical and historically detailed investigation into how the concept of pictorial space in art emerged.\n\nUsing primary documents and a selection of images, Hyde exposes what many will find surprisingthat space only becomes part of the descriptive apparatus of art and architecture at the turn of the 20th century, not earlier. Remarkably, this is the first critical study of pictorial space as a historical construction. In this retelling of art history, Hyde presents it as a concept bound to historical circumstance, developing often contentiouslyin philosophy, mathematics and science, to finally become common in 20th century theorizations of art. \n\nHyde investigates and identifies the historical moments when space.