Theory of art

For decades, aesthetics has been subjected to a variety of critiques, often concerning its treatment of beauty or the autonomy of art.

Moving deftly among literary and visual arts, as well as the modern critical canon, Christopher Prendergast's book explores the meaning and value of representation as both a philosophical challenge (What does it mean to create an image that "e;stands for"e; something absent?

Zwischen der Malerei der Frührenaissance und dem Film der 1920er bis 1940er Jahre gibt es deutliche Unterschiede, aber auch Gemeinsamkeiten.

Das Buch zielt auf den Kern des Paradigmas gegenwärtiger Performanzforschung.

In der kulturphilosophischen Verschränkung von Pragmatismus, Hermeneutik und Rezeptionsästhetik will diese Studie zeigen, dass gerade der ästhetische Erfahrungsgegenstand durch die Aufkündigung starrer Gegenstands- und Verweisdichotomien die Rezipierenden wesentlich dazwischen sein lässt.

Throughout human history, people have imagined inanimate objects to have intelligence, language, and even souls.

"e;The eye that gathers impressions is no longer the eye that sees a depiction on a surface; it becomes a hand, the ray of light becomes a finger, and the imagination becomes a form of immediate touching.

Clement Greenberg (1909-1994), champion of abstract expressionism and modernism-of Pollock, Miro, and Matisse-has been esteemed by many as the greatest art critic of the second half of the twentieth century, and possibly the greatest art critic of all time.

In Mismatched Women, author Jennifer Fleeger introduces readers to a lineage of women whose voices do not "e;match"e; their bodies by conventional expectations, from George du Maurier's literary Trilby to Metropolitan Opera singer Marion Talley, from Snow White and Sleeping Beauty to Kate Smith and Deanna Durbin.

Nobel laureate Roald Hoffmann's contributions to chemistry are well known.

Why does the artworld often privilege one cultural form over another?

Nobel laureate Roald Hoffmann's contributions to chemistry are well known.

Improvisation informs a vast array of human activity, from creative practices in art, dance, music, and literature to everyday conversation and the relationships to natural and built environments that surround and sustain us.

In his third book, Strauss delves into the mysterious process whereby an idea is born in the mind and materialized through the hand in the expression of an artwork.

What is unique and essential about theater?

All normal human beings alive in the last fifty thousand years appear to have possessed, in Mark Turner's phrase, "e;irrepressibly artful minds.

The authenticity of visual art has always commanded the attention of experts, dealers, collectors, and the art-minded public.

Disgust is among the strongest of aversions, characterized by involuntary physical recoil and even nausea.

Creativity pervades human life.

Throughout its long history, and not just as the key aesthetic category for the Romantic Movement, the sublime has created the necessary link between aesthetic and moral judgment, offering the prospect of transcending the limits of measurement, even imagination.

Throughout its long history, and not just as the key aesthetic category for the Romantic Movement, the sublime has created the necessary link between aesthetic and moral judgment, offering the prospect of transcending the limits of measurement, even imagination.

In his third book, Strauss delves into the mysterious process whereby an idea is born in the mind and materialized through the hand in the expression of an artwork.

Nearly every form of religion or spirituality has a vital connection with art.

This book argues that a special value of art is the way in which it uses conscious experience -- the exemplars of aesthetic experience -- to autonomously reconfigure how we conceive of our world and ourselves, ourselves in our world and our world in ourselves.

What is unique and essential about theater?

Improvisation informs a vast array of human activity, from creative practices in art, dance, music, and literature to everyday conversation and the relationships to natural and built environments that surround and sustain us.

Why does the artworld often privilege one cultural form over another?

What, if anything, has art to do with the rest of our lives, and in particular with those ethical and political issues that matter to us most?

Aesthetics has long been the preserve of philosophy, art history, and the creative arts but, more recently, the fields of psychology and neuroscience have entered the discussion, and the field of neuroaesthetics has been born.

Aesthetics has long been the preserve of philosophy, art history, and the creative arts but, more recently, the fields of psychology and neuroscience have entered the discussion, and the field of neuroaesthetics has been born.

The sixth volume of the annual publication of the Institute for Contemporary Jewry at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Art and Its Uses analyzes the levels of meaning present in a wide range of visual images, from high art by Jewish artists to Judaica, caricatures, and political propaganda.

The Century of Taste offers an exposition and critical account of the central figures in the early development of the modern philosophy of art.

Although there are a number of anthologies dealing with various topics related to the emotions, this is the first to focus on the arts.

The authenticity of visual art has always commanded the attention of experts, dealers, collectors, and the art-minded public.

All normal human beings alive in the last fifty thousand years appear to have possessed, in Mark Turner's phrase, "e;irrepressibly artful minds.

Western civilization is grappling with a profound crisis of unity and meaning, as analytical methods and intense specialization have fragmented knowledge and severed its connection to the holistic purpose of life: enabling humanity to embrace existence more fully.

'To be taught to write or to speak - but what is the use of speaking, if you have nothing to say?

In The Aesthetic Value of the World, Tom Cochrane defends Aestheticism, the claim that everything is aesthetically valuable and that a life lived in pursuit of aesthetic value can be a particularly good one.

In The Aesthetic Value of the World, Tom Cochrane defends Aestheticism, the claim that everything is aesthetically valuable and that a life lived in pursuit of aesthetic value can be a particularly good one.

Real Likenesses presents a radical new approach to artistic representation.

Real Likenesses presents a radical new approach to artistic representation.

There Are No Such Things as Theories considers the fundamental question: what is a scientific theory?

There Are No Such Things as Theories considers the fundamental question: what is a scientific theory?

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring For thousands of years humanity has engaged in creative expression, allowing us to relate to other people, contribute to shared culture, build an identity, and give meaning to our existence.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring For thousands of years humanity has engaged in creative expression, allowing us to relate to other people, contribute to shared culture, build an identity, and give meaning to our existence.

No values figure as pervasively and intimately in our lives as beauty and other aesthetic values.

No values figure as pervasively and intimately in our lives as beauty and other aesthetic values.

Contemporary art has never been so popular - but the art world is changing.

Contemporary art has never been so popular - but the art world is changing.

What is art?