John Sallis

Klee's Mirror John Sallis

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Quotes: "Klee s Mirror" is a masterful interpretation of one of the most inspiring artists in the Western tradition, one that will surely capture the interest of philosophers, art history scholars, as well as students and lovers of Paul Klee s works. Alejandro A. Vallega, author of "Sense and Finitude: Encounters at the Limits of Language, Art, and the Political" Paul Klee mused in his diary that his art was a kind of mirror whose aim was not to reflect the surface but rather to penetrate inside such that, for example, his human faces are truer than the real ones. In his exquisite new study, Sallis takes up the complex question of Klee s mysterious mirrors. On the one hand, Klee s works themselves are mirrors of truth, making visible, Sallis tells us, what otherwise remains invisible, reflecting what lies beyond the visible surface of things. On the other hand, Klee s own theoretical writings are extraordinarily articulate and they uniquely mirror his artistic work. Klee s paintings are not, however, illustrations or representations of Klee s ideas. The mirror of Klee s painting demands a new kind of reflective writing. Finally, there is the mirror of Sallis own work, deftly navigating between Klee s brilliant double mirror play, producing in turn a startlingly and innovative mode of writing that twists free of the dualism of sensibility and intelligibility. Jason M. Wirth, author of "The Conspiracy of Life: Meditations on Schelling and His Time""Biographical Note: John Sallis is Frederick J. Adelmann Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. He has written many books, including "The Gathering of Reason: Second Edition"; "Platonic Legacies"; and "Double Truth," all published by SUNY Press. Table of Contents: List of Figures Acknowledgments References to the Writings of Paul Klee Reflection 1. Artspan 2. Reticence and Polyphony 3. True to Nature 4. Making Visible 5. Light 6. Line to Color 7. Bordering on Philosophy 8. The Truth of Klee's Mirror 9. Phantastical 10. Writing and the Language of Painting 11. Musicality 12. Freeing the Line 13. Time of Death Contributor Bio:  Sallis, John John Sallis is the Frederick J. Adelmann Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. He is the author of many books, including, most recently, "Topographies,"