This book's analysis presents us with the widely neglected history of "meta-painting labor," in which a "modern" understanding of the material condition and representational nature of painting has emerged. In Stoichta's analysis, painting becomes a primary historical document embodying a unique pictorial intelligence, existing in parallel with other forms of cognition, such as literature.
本书的分析把被广泛忽视的“元绘画劳作”的历程展现在我们眼前，在这一历程中，对绘画的物质境况与再现属性的“现代”理解应运而生。绘画在斯托伊奇塔的分析中成为了一种体现独特图画智力的一手历史文献，它与其他形态的认知（如文学）并行不悖。
本书的分析把被广泛忽视的“元绘画劳作”的历程展现在我们眼前，在这一历程中，对绘画的物质境况与再现属性的“现代”理解应运而生。绘画在斯托伊奇塔的分析中成为了一种体现独特图画智力的一手历史文献，它与其他形态的认知（如文学）并行不悖。
