The Aesthetics of Art

The Aesthetics of Art
Author: Liza Renia Papi
Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing
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Release: 2021-08-26
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ISBN: 9781793536259

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The Aesthetics of Art

The Aesthetics of Art
Author: Liza Papi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2017-08-25
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ISBN: 9781516553839

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The Aesthetics of Art: Understanding What We See teaches students how to look at and understand art, and how to describe the art they see. The book begins with a review of the basic rules of perspective from the Italian Renaissance, Leonardo Da Vinci's scientific and mathematical concepts, Joseph Alber's theory of color, and Rudolph Arnheim's visual perceptions. This understanding of foundational concepts prepares students to perceive the aesthetics of art as it transitions to abstraction at the end of the 19th Century. Students then explore art through movements such as Impressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism, and Fauvism. They examine Dadaism, Surrealism, gestalt theory, and abstract expressionism. Post-modernism, contemporary, neo-contemporary, photography, graffiti, and public art are also explored. Artistic movements are studied through a variety of representations such as painting, prints, collage/assemblage, and new media. Each chapter includes a writing assignment, critical questions, further readings, and ideas for hands-on activities so that students can explore art through experience. The book includes essential terms and lists of styles and artists. Written to increase curiosity about and joy in art, The Aesthetics of Art is an excellent resource for survey courses in art history and appreciation. Liza Renia Papi holds a master's of fine arts degree in visual art from City University of New York, a B.A. in art history from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and is currently studying aesthetics and philosophy at the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts. A working artist who focuses on installation and mixed-media painting, she is currently involved in the traveling exhibition Artists in the Archive: The Alternet, curated by Carla Rae Johnson. She has taught for El Museo del Barrio, the Queens Museum of Art, and the Solomon Guggenheim Museum. Professor Papi works for The Brazilian Endowment for the Arts, Learning through an Expanded Arts Program (LeAp), and is an adjunct associate professor at St. John's University in New York where she teaches art appreciation.

The Aesthetics of Art

The Aesthetics of Art
Author: Liza Renia Papi
Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-07-26
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ISBN: 9781793562685

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Aesthetics

Aesthetics
Author: Anne Sheppard
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 194
Release: 1987
Genre: Aesthetics
ISBN: 0192891642

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This book provides an accessible introduction to aesthetics, especially in relation to literature, and is particularly useful for readers new to literary theory and contemporary philosophy. Anne Sheppard discusses what it is that all works of art have in common - what gives them their value asart - and asks, wisely, whether there can ever be one correct interpretation of a work of art. The scope of the book includes chapters on form, beauty and aesthetic appreciation, and the relationship between art and morals.

Art and Its Significance

Art and Its Significance
Author: Stephen David Ross
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 590
Release: 1984-06-30
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1438417888

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The philosophy of art, including the theory of interpretation, has been among the most generative branches of philosophy in the latter half of the twentieth century. Remarkable, interesting, and important work has emerged on both sides of the Atlantic, from all the major sources of philosophic thought. For the first time, Stephen David Ross brings together the best of recent writing with the major historical texts and the most influential works of the past century to provide valuable insight into the nature of art and how we are to understand it. The selections in this collection comprise a remarkably wide array of positions on the nature and importance of art in human experience. A wealth of material is divided into four parts. Part I from the history of philosophy includes selections by the essential writers: Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche. In Part II there are significant selections from Dewey, Langer, Goodman, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty. The major selections in Part III are from Hirsch and Gadamer on the nature of interpretation, supplemented by selections from Pepper, Derrida, and Foucault. Selections in Part IV sharpen the issues that emerge from the more theoretical discussions in the preceeding sections. Part IV includes important psychological theories, seminal proclamations by twentieth century artists, and selections from Bullough on aesthetic distance, as well as from Marcuse, who develops an important variation on the Marxist view of art.

Gender and Aesthetics

Gender and Aesthetics
Author: Carolyn Korsmeyer
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2004-07-31
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1134500467

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Feminist approaches to art are extremely influential and widely studied across a variety of disciplines, including art theory, cultural and visual studies, and philosophy. Gender and Aesthetics is an introduction to the major theories and thinkers within art and aesthetics from a philosophical perspective, carefully introducing and examining the role that gender plays in forming ideas about art. It is ideal for anyone coming to the topic for the first time. Organized thematically, the book introduces in clear language the most important topics within feminist aesthetics: Why were there so few women painters? Art, pleasure and beauty Music, literature and painting The role of gender in taste and food What is art and who is an artist? Disgust and the sublime. Each chapter discusses important topics and thinkers within art and examines the role gender plays in our understanding of them. These topics include creativity, genius and the appreciation of art, and thinkers from Plato, Kant, and Hume to Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva. Also included in the book are illustrations from Gaugin and Hogarth to Cindy Sherman and Nancy Spero to clarify and help introduce often difficult concepts. Each chapter concludes with a summary and further reading and there is an extensive annotated bibliography. Carolyn Korsmeyer's style is refreshing and accessible, making the book suitable for students of philosophy, gender studies, visual studies and art theory, as well as anyone interested in the impact of gender on theories of art.

Philosophy of the Arts

Philosophy of the Arts
Author: Gordon Graham
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2006-09-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1134563671

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A new edition of this bestselling introduction to aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Includes new sections on digital music and environmental aesthetics. All other chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated.

Aesthetics

Aesthetics
Author: Henry G. Hartman
Publisher: Nabu Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2014-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781293781944

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