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Truth and Truthfulness in Painting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2021

John Hyman
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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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Research Article
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Philosophy , Volume 96 , Issue 4 , October 2021 , pp. 497 - 525
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy, 2021

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Footnotes

For Jacqueline Lichtenstein

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List of Illustrations

van Rijn, Rembrandt: Lucretia, 1666. Oil on canvas, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minn. [Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Lucretia_-_Google_Art_Project_(nAHoI2KdSaLshA).jpg, accessed 21/06/21].Google Scholar
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
Sir Thomas, Lawrence: The Duke of Wellington, ca. 1815–16. Oil on canvas, Apsley House, London [Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington.png, accessed 21/06/21].Google Scholar
de Goya, Francisco: The Duke of Wellington, ca. 1812–14. Oil on canvas, National Gallery, London [Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francisco_Goya_-_Portrait_of_the_Duke_of_Wellington.jpg, accessed 21/06/21].Google Scholar
da Vinci, Leonardo: Myology of the shoulder region, ca. 1510. Pen and brown ink, Royal Library, Windsor [Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leonardo_da_Vinci_-_Anatomical_studies_of_the_shoulder_-_WGA12824.jpg, accessed 21/06/21].Google Scholar
de Goya, Francisco: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1812. Red chalk over graphite, British Museum, London [Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington_by_Francisco_Goya.jpg, accessed 21/06/21].Google Scholar

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