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BRYSON Norman (ed.), HOLLY Michael Ann (ed.), MOXEY Keith (ed.)Visual theory : painting and interpretationCambridge : Polity Press, 1991, IX-286 p.ISBN 978-0-7456-0660-6C 1085Résumé :In recent years there has been a growing interest in problems of theory and method in the field of art history. Semiology, phenomenology, feminism, analytical philosophy and marxism have all contributed to a lively debate among art historians and have helped to stimulate new research.This volume draws together some of the authors who have been most prominent and influential in recent methodological debates and enables them to develop their views. The contributions include Norman Bryson on semiology and the limits of meaning ; Arthur C. Danto on description and pictorial perception ; Rosalind Krauss on the reception of recent french critical theory ; Linda Nochlin on gender and power ; Michael Podro on depiction ; David Summers on image and metaphor ; and Richard Wollheim on the role of the spectator. Each of these major contributions is critically discussed by a number of other scholars in the field.The result is a unique and engaging volume which will establish itself as a key reference point for the discussion of art historical method. It will be of interest not only to students of art history and the visual arts, but also to students in literature, cultural studies and the humanities generally.Norman Bryson is Professor of Art History at Harvard University.Michael Ann Holly teaches in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Rochester.Keith Moxey teaches in the Department of Art History, Barnard College at Columbia University.Table des matières :Introduction1. Women, art, and power, Linda NochlinCommentary : Will (S)he stoop to conquer ? Preliminaries toward a reading of Edward Hopper's Office at Night, Ellen Wiley ToddCommentary : Linda Nochlin's Women, Art, and Power, Ludmilla Jordanova2. Semiliogy and visual interpretation, Norman BrysonCommentary : Reflection on Bryson, Stephen Melville3. Using language to do business as usual, Rosalind KraussCommentary : The politics of arbitrariness, Norman Bryson4. What the spectator sees, Richard WollheimCommentary : Painting after art ? Comments on Wollheim, Flin SchierCommentary : Richard Wollheim's 'seeing-In' and 'representation', Martin Kelly5. Depiction and the golden calf, Michael PodroCommentary : Poussin and the rhetoric of depiction : a response to Michael Podro, Timothy Erwin6. Description and the phenomenology of perception, Arthur C. DantoCommentary : Minding the animals -or, can pigeons be hopeful ?, Martin DonoghoCommentary : The aesthetics of indiscernibles, Garry Hagberg7. Real metaphor : towards a redefinition of the 'conceptual' image, David SummersCommentary : On the critical value of categorie : a response to David Summers, David RadcliffeCommentary : Real artefacts : a comment on 'conceptual art', Shelly ErringtonAxe de recherches : axe transversal : Cultures visuelles