Le clair-obscur du visible

by Olivier Leplatre

"Emblem of an ambivalent century vis-à-vis the arts of representation, iconolatrous as much as iconophobic, Fénelon testifies in his work of a complex of the visible. In him, dialogue in tension the most reticences grades and the strategic interest even the deep taste for the image. The studies gathered here probe and compare the various parts of a diverse body of work that assembles fictions, pedagogical and aesthetic essays, and of course spiritual prose. This scan allows a great plurality of approaches that capture the nuances and even the paradox of the issues and the bases of thought,...