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Truth and Truthfulness in Painting
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 September 2021
Abstract
This article explores the place of truth and truthfulness in painting and drawing, and criticises logocentrism in the theory of truth.
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For Jacqueline Lichtenstein
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Lucas Cranach, d. Ä.: Lucretia, ca. 1530. Oil on canvas, Neue Residenz, Bamberg [Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lucas_Cranach_d.%C3%84._-_Lucretia_(Neue_Residenz_Bamberg).jpg, accessed 21/06/21].Google Scholar
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