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Phenomenology of the Visual Arts (even the frame)
Paul Crowther
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Description for Phenomenology of the Visual Arts (even the frame)
Paperback. The book is a comprehensive phenomenological study of meanings that are unique to the major visual art forms. Num Pages: 264 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
Why are the visual arts so important and what is it that makes their forms significant? Countering recent interpretations of meaning that understand visual artworks on the model of literary texts, Crowther formulates a theory of the visual arts based on what their creation achieves both cognitively and aesthetically. He develops a phenomenology that emphasizes how visual art gives unique aesthetic expression to factors that are basic to perception. At the same time, he shows how various artistic media embody these factors in distinctive ways. Attentive to both the creation and reception of all major visual art forms (picturing, sculpture, ... Read more
Why are the visual arts so important and what is it that makes their forms significant? Countering recent interpretations of meaning that understand visual artworks on the model of literary texts, Crowther formulates a theory of the visual arts based on what their creation achieves both cognitively and aesthetically. He develops a phenomenology that emphasizes how visual art gives unique aesthetic expression to factors that are basic to perception. At the same time, he shows how various artistic media embody these factors in distinctive ways. Attentive to both the creation and reception of all major visual art forms (picturing, sculpture, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
381g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804776028
SKU
V9780804776028
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About Paul Crowther
Paul Crowther is Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He is the author of a number of books, including the recent Defining Art, Creating the Canon: Artistic Value in an Era of Doubt (2007).
Reviews for Phenomenology of the Visual Arts (even the frame)
"This is perhaps the most systematic phenomenological theory of the visual arts ever written. A book of philosophic meditation that makes direct contact with art history and art criticism, it will be the center of discussion and controversy by a very wide range of contemporary art historians, critics, artists, and theorists."
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