Friends of Interpretable Objects
Author | : Miguel Tamen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2001-11-30 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015053508191 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Download or read book Friends of Interpretable Objects written by Miguel Tamen and published by . This book was released on 2001-11-30 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tamen's concern is to show how inanimate objects take on life through their interpretation--notably, in our own culture, as they are collected and housed in museums. It is his claim that an object becomes interpretable only in the context of a "society of friends." Thus, he suggests, our inveterate tendency as human beings to interpret the phenomenal world gives objects not only a life but also a society.