Jean-Luc Nancy
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780823250936
- eISBN:
- 9780823252671
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823250936.003.0003
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Aesthetics
This section describes the concept of formative force in drawing and argues that drawing is the idea, the true form of the thing. More precisely, it is the gesture that arises from the desire to show ...
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This section describes the concept of formative force in drawing and argues that drawing is the idea, the true form of the thing. More precisely, it is the gesture that arises from the desire to show this form and to trace it so as to reveal the form—but not to trace in order to show it as a form already received. Drawing designates the form or idea, but its “fait accompli” is not simply that of the thing’s monstration; it is the monstration of the form, idea, or thought. Also included in this section is a “Sketchbook” of quotations on art from Henri Matisse, Félix Ravaisson, René Char, Yves Bonnefoy, Max Loreau, and Pablo Picasso.Less
This section describes the concept of formative force in drawing and argues that drawing is the idea, the true form of the thing. More precisely, it is the gesture that arises from the desire to show this form and to trace it so as to reveal the form—but not to trace in order to show it as a form already received. Drawing designates the form or idea, but its “fait accompli” is not simply that of the thing’s monstration; it is the monstration of the form, idea, or thought. Also included in this section is a “Sketchbook” of quotations on art from Henri Matisse, Félix Ravaisson, René Char, Yves Bonnefoy, Max Loreau, and Pablo Picasso.
