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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
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