Messengers of Infinity

On the Pictorial Logic of Leonardo da Vinci

Eyal Peretz

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English

State University of New York Press
01 March 2025

History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600; Individual artists, art monographs; European history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Philosophy: aesthetics

Series: SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy

The first philosophical engagement with the pictorial work of Leonardo, seen as a systematic whole.

Presented here is the first philosophical engagement with the pictorial work of Leonardo, seen as a systematic whole. It is not written from the point of view of an art historian, even as it tries to benefit from art historical insights and procedures, but that of contemporary continental philosophy and theories of modern artistic media. Author Eyal Peretz's main objective is to understand the historical and logical place Leonardo's paintings occupy in the transition from the age of medieval sacred images to Renaissance or early modern painting. Leonardo, Peretz argues, introduced a media revolution, which has still not been fully assimilated and understood. His ""modernity"" is still ahead of us. Written in a clear and engaging style, Messengers of Infinity, will appeal equally to Leonardo experts, experts in continental philosophy, and those who are experts in neither of these fields but have an intellectual curiosity about the historical and conceptual significance of Leonardo in particular and of modern painting in general.

By: Eyal Peretz
Imprint: State University of New York Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9798855801545
Series: SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 01 March 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction At the Threshold of Appearance: Painting beyond the Sacred 1. The Annunciation of Painting: Falling into the Landscape (The Annunciation; Virgin of the Rocks) 2. The Death of God and the Coming Community (The Last Supper) 3. Out of the Blue: The Play of the World and the Overcoming of Sacrifice (The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne) 4. The (Self-)Portrait of Modernity (Mona Lisa) Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index

Eyal Peretz is Professor of Comparative Literature at Indiana University Bloomington.

Reviews for Messengers of Infinity: On the Pictorial Logic of Leonardo da Vinci

""Messengers of Infinity is a transformative rereading of a well-known figure that cuts through scholasticism and allows you to see an aspect of a work that scholarship obscured. The prose is lucid and inviting, with no shred of jargon and few technical terms, making this work equally appealing to both phenomenologists and fans of Leonardo.""—Paul North, author of Bizarre-Privileged Items in the Universe: The Logic of Likeness ""Rigorously argued and deeply felt, this is a fresh and welcome addition to Leonardo studies."" — Amy Knight Powell, author of Depositions: Scenes from the Late Medieval Church and the Modern Museum