Explore the ideas behind beauty in art and how critics shape what we see, hear, and feel. This edition surveys major theories in aesthetics and explains how art expresses mind and world through harmony, form, and effect.
Rooted in a long tradition of comparing arts, this volume argues that true aesthetic value comes from complex interactions between form, feeling, and perception. It traces how critics have treated beauty as both a personal impression and a universal standard, and it explains why the best art resists simple explanations.
Ideal for readers of art theory and philosophy who want to connect critical ideas to how they experience works of art.
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Excerpt from Art in Theory: An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Easthetics
So much in explanation of the chief endeavor of this book, which is to get back to the first principles of our subject as revealed in the way in which they manifest themselves in the conditions of mind as related to those of matter.
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A prominent Review, in noticing the first book published of this series, entitled "Poetry as a Representative Art," took the author to task, apparently, for not following exclusively that which he by no means ignored, - the prevailing and popular method of Historic Criticism. Had the critic read the book more carefully, he would have had no difficulty in detecting in the course criticized the result of a deliberate purpose. That historic criticism, in the last few decades, has been of vast benefit to truth and to thought of every kind, no one can deny. But it has its limits; and there is no region in which, if applied exclusively, it is fitted to do more harm than in that of æsthetics. Holding that all the products of the arts and all the changes in their general conditions and effects are subject to the laws of development, two of its most prominent propositions are: first, that art is the expression of the spirit of the age in which it appears; and, second, that all art, for this reason, is of interest to the artist. Neither proposition is true. If there be anything which, very often, the higher arts are distinctly not, it is the expression of the spirit of their age. Greek architecture of the fourth century before Christ, and Gothic of the thirteenth after him, may have been this; although even they were developments of what had been originated long before.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book delves into the theoretical aspects of aesthetics, examining how forms and significance are integral to artistic expression. The author, an established expert in the field, presents a comprehensive exploration of the nature of art, delving into its historical roots, and the distinct characteristics of fine arts as differentiated from mechanical or applied arts. The reader is provided with a nuanced understanding of the interrelation between natural appearances and artistic representations, and the book illuminates the profound significance of this relationship for our comprehension of art. Its insights are essential reading for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the complexities of artistic theory. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781330089903_0
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