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Existing art theory is obsessed by theories of spectatorship based on concepts of signification derived from language. This book shows the weakness of such a perspective, and, as an alternative, argues that individual aesthetic transformations of pictorial structure change one's experience of space. In addition, it proves that this transformation is an ongoing process; pictorial art is progressively articulated through historical development, and is, therefore able to increase its cognitive and aesthetic scope. To support such a perspective, the book brings together ideas from Ernst Cassirer a

Space (Art) --- Pictures --- Iconography --- Pictorial representations --- Art --- Visual aids --- Negative space (Art) --- Philosophy. --- Crowther, Paul. --- Crowther, P.