Shades--Of Painting at the Limit (Studies in Continental Thought)

"(Sallis's) ideas are presented in a singular, scholarly, remarkable, captivating, conceptually rigorous, dense, and deep manner.... Highlyrecommended." -- Choice
"This fascinating book by one ofthe more original voices writing philosophy in English poses questions about thenature of the visible and invisible, sensible and intelligible." -- DennisSchmidt
What is it that an artist paints in a painting? Workingfrom paintings themselves rather than from philosophical theories, John Sallis showshow, through shades and limits, the painter renders visible the light that confersvisibility on things. In his extended examination of three phases in the developmentof modern painting, Sallis focuses on the work of Claude Monet, Wassily Kandinsky, and Mimmo Paladino -- three painters who, each in his own way, carry painting to thelimit.