De Duve's essay about "The Bar at the Follies Bergere" in Critical Inquiry (Autumn, 1998) is available to anyone with access to a university library. I got a copy yesterday and will discuss it later this month.
But for now, I'd just like to share this brief quote with you: "Conger's fragmented multiplication of viewpoints is so much at odds with the powerful artistic synthesis the Bar actually displays that I am afraid it is the perfect example of what not to do with optics when this science is harnessed to the reading of this particular painting. Overinterpretation mistakes overdetermination for proof - a sin in matters aesthetic" A perfect example, indeed. And what is "sin in matters aesthetic" ? How would it differ from sin in matters scientific? I hope De Duve discusses that issue, somewhere, as well. ____________________________________________________________ Weight Loss Program Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/c?cp=eY9zmbXO5KvYrYeozxQgmAAAJz6c l_zTaptgNR5c8Mer1v9kAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEUgAAAAA=
