What Art Is Like, In Constant Reference to the Alice Books

128 Pages·2012·4.86 MB·English

by  Miguel Tamen

M I G U E L T A M E N
W H AT A R T I S L I K E
In Constant
Reference to the
A lice Books
what art is like,
in constant reference to the alice books

what art is like,
in
constant reference
to the
alice books
Miguel Tamen
harvard university press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, En gland
2012
Copyright © 2012 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Tamen, Miguel.
What art is like, in constant reference to the Alice books / Miguel Tamen.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978- 0- 674- 06706- 6 (alk. paper)
1. Art— Philosophy. 2. Carroll, Lewis, 1832– 1898. Alice’s
adventures in Wonderland. 3. Carroll, Lewis, 1832– 1898. Th rough
the looking- glass. 4. Alice (Fictitious character : Carroll) I. Title.
N70.T46 2012
701—dc23 2012010777
For Ana
For Madalena

Contents
Introduction: What to Expect 1
1 Ideas (§§1– 55) 4
2 Furniture (§§56– 103) 24
3 A Mistake (§§104– 150) 48
4 What Happens (§§151– 199) 73
Analytical Table of Contents 101
Index of Citations 107
Ac know ledg ments 111
Index 113

“What are ‘toves’?”
“Well ‘toves’ are something like badgers— they’re something like
lizards— and they’re something like corkscrews.”
“Th ey must be very curious- looking creatures.”
“Th ey are that.”
—Lewis Carroll, Th rough the Looking- Glass,
and What Alice Found Th ere