Henri Bergson and Visual Culture: A Philosophy for a New Aesthetic

Title Page\nCopyright Page\nContents\nFigures\nIntroduction\nChapter 1: Durée\n	The poetics of philosophical argument\n	The theory of durée\n	Between metaphysics and aesthetics\n	Bergson’s influence on the avant-garde\n	Conclusion\nChapter 2: Gesture\n	Introspection, corporeality and the aesthetic feelings\n	Aesthetics, movement and decorporealization\n	Following the line between touch and vision\n	Material gestures and the resistance of matter\n	Conclusion\nChapter 3: Life\n	Life and the extension of consciousness\n	The apprehension of life and art’s unforeseeability\n	Life: Materiality and flexibility\n	Creation as variation\n	Conclusion\nChapter 4: Perception\n	Utilitarian perception and the logic of solid bodies\n	From perceptual utility to the processual real\n	The perception of difference and the contraction of quality\n	Conclusion\nNotes\n	Introduction\n	Chapter 1\n	Chapter 2\n	Chapter 3\n	Chapter 4\nBibliography\nIndex