Abstract
The study of pictorial images could follow two different approaches. One is the Panofskian iconology, which intends to bring the visual images to the higher modes of meaning. The other is the downward approach, which tries to return to the image itself. Deleuze and Focillon are the two advocates of the latter one. The sound metaphor Kandinsky introduced in his explanation of visual elements provides another important path for us to trace the potential motivation of deformation of images. With these crucial clues, the sound and listening as a kind of figural narration could be explained, especially within the reference to the convention of Chinese poetic lotus ink paintings.
First Page
146
Last Page
155
Recommended Citation
Jiang, Yuhui. 2015. "Sound and Listening as a Figurative Narration." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 35, (3): pp.146-155. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol35/iss3/17
