Skepticism and the Arts
Friday, February 16, 9:30 AM–12:00 PM
Madison Suite, 2nd Floor, Hilton New York
Chairs: Aron Vinegar, Ohio State University; Bronwen Wilson, McGill University, University of British Columbia
Caravaggio, the Skeptical Painter; Montaigne, the Tenebrist Philosopher: Knowledge, Visibility, and Darkness around 1600
Itay Sapir, Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam, and École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
Emanuel Maignan, Antiskepticism, and Anamorphosis
Lyle Massey, Northwestern University
Irresistible Dictation: Matisse and Personnalité
Todd Cronan, University of California, Berkeley
In the Face of Skepticism: Giacometti, Portraiture, and Alterity
Leo Costello, Rice University
The Crying Game: Skeptical Reflections on Bill Viola’s The Passions
Francis Chung, University of California, Berkeley