@article{ART001710078},
author={Shan Lim},
title={Theoretical Examples for Art Discourses in the age of Convergence - W.J.T. Mitchell and Erwin Panofsky},
journal={The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art},
issn={1229-0246},
year={2012},
volume={36},
pages={47-70}
TY - JOUR
AU - Shan Lim
TI - Theoretical Examples for Art Discourses in the age of Convergence - W.J.T. Mitchell and Erwin Panofsky
JO - The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art
PY - 2012
VL - 36
IS - null
PB - 한국미학예술학회
SP - 47
EP - 70
SN - 1229-0246
AB - This research paper explores theoretical examples for art theorist who has to take the creative imagination with critical judgment required in this age of convergence. For doing this, I compare visual culture theorist W.J.T. Mitchell's hypericonology method and art historian Erwin Panofsky's iconology method.
The first chapter describes various convergent phenomena at every section of society. The second chapter then explains the significance of the most-talked-about topic ‘Convergence’ by tracing the knowledge production based on the self-controlled research pattern of modern discipline system. The third chapter provides the historical and conceptual background of artistic convergence from Horace's Ut pictura poesis to contemporary new media art.
The forth chapter analyses Mitchell's hypericonology with his two terms - ‘hypericon’ and ‘metapicture.’ As a kind of hyprid type, each term is employed for revealling a dialectical field beween discourse and vision. Mitchell invents the term hypericon as a central role of encapsulating an entire episteme, a theory of knowledge. Metapicture is a piece of moveable cultural apparatus like hypericon. They do not merely serve as illustrations to theory; they picture theory. In Panofsky' iconology, on the other hand, the ‘icon’ is absorbed by the ‘logos,’ or a scientific discourse. With reinforcing the system of intrinsic meaning, Panofsky must have depended upon the rule and moderation of modern isolated discipline system.
Consequently, this paper argues that contemporary art theorist must give prominence to the form of art practices as a strategy of resistance. It also suggests the fact that Mitchell's hypericonology reflects on the intersections of visuality, language, and similitude, and give us a useful perspective on the convergent art practices.
KW - hypericon;metapicture;W.J.T. Mitchell;hypericonology;Erwin Panofsky;iconology;visual culture;convergence;art discourse
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Shan Lim. (2012). Theoretical Examples for Art Discourses in the age of Convergence - W.J.T. Mitchell and Erwin Panofsky. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 36, 47-70.
Shan Lim. 2012, "Theoretical Examples for Art Discourses in the age of Convergence - W.J.T. Mitchell and Erwin Panofsky", The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, vol.36, pp.47-70.
Shan Lim "Theoretical Examples for Art Discourses in the age of Convergence - W.J.T. Mitchell and Erwin Panofsky" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 36 pp.47-70 (2012) : 47.
Shan Lim. Theoretical Examples for Art Discourses in the age of Convergence - W.J.T. Mitchell and Erwin Panofsky. 2012; 36 47-70.
Shan Lim. "Theoretical Examples for Art Discourses in the age of Convergence - W.J.T. Mitchell and Erwin Panofsky" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 36(2012) : 47-70.
Shan Lim. Theoretical Examples for Art Discourses in the age of Convergence - W.J.T. Mitchell and Erwin Panofsky. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 36, 47-70.
Shan Lim. Theoretical Examples for Art Discourses in the age of Convergence - W.J.T. Mitchell and Erwin Panofsky. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art. 2012; 36 47-70.
Shan Lim. Theoretical Examples for Art Discourses in the age of Convergence - W.J.T. Mitchell and Erwin Panofsky. 2012; 36 47-70.
Shan Lim. "Theoretical Examples for Art Discourses in the age of Convergence - W.J.T. Mitchell and Erwin Panofsky" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 36(2012) : 47-70.
