logic of sensation
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Logic of sensation is a philosophical notion, associated with Gilles Deleuze’s reading of Francis Bacon, that examines how art directly produces and organizes sensory experience beyond representation.
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| instanceOf |
aesthetic theory
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concept in continental philosophy ⓘ philosophical concept ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
bypassing narrative interpretation
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bypassing symbolic representation ⓘ explaining how painting directly affects the nervous system ⓘ |
| analyzedIn | Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Francis Bacon
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Gilles Deleuze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | analysis of Francis Bacon’s paintings ⓘ |
| concerns |
how art produces sensation
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organization of sensory experience ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Deleuze’s concept of intensity
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Deleuze’s philosophy of difference ⓘ concept of affect in Deleuze ⓘ concept of the Figure in Deleuze ⓘ |
| developedInContextOf | Gilles Deleuze’s reading of Francis Bacon ⓘ |
| distinguishesFrom |
figurative illustration
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narrative content ⓘ representation ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
immediacy of sensation
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materiality of paint ⓘ non-representational aspects of art ⓘ the body ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
art
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painting ⓘ sensation ⓘ |
| influences |
Deleuzian film theory
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contemporary art theory ⓘ studies of visual culture ⓘ |
| interprets |
Bacon’s spatial composition
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Bacon’s treatment of the figure ⓘ Bacon’s use of color ⓘ |
| opposes | representational theories of art ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Deleuzian aesthetics
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affect theory ⓘ modernist painting ⓘ phenomenology of perception ⓘ philosophy of art ⓘ |
| situatedWithin |
20th-century French philosophy
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postwar art criticism ⓘ |
| treats |
painting as a field of forces
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sensation as autonomous from representation ⓘ the canvas as a diagram of sensation ⓘ |
| usedBy |
art theorists
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philosophers of aesthetics ⓘ scholars of Deleuze ⓘ |
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