Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Acknowledgements 9
4. Introduction 11
5. Part One
6. Enargeia 31
7. Agency 45
8. Memory 67
9. Part Two
10. Idolatry 79
11. Fetishism 101
12. Aesthetic Ambivalence 119
13. Part Three
14. Farming, Staging and Acting Living Presence 141
15. The Afterlife of Art 175
16. Epilogue: From the Animated Image to the Excessive Object 197
17. Notes 211
18. Bibliography 243
19. List of Illustrations 265
20. Index 271
21. Backmatter 276