Art and Imagination: A Study in the Philosophy of MindSt. Augustine's Press, 1998 - 256 pages This book presents a theory of aesthetic judgment and appreciation in the spirit of modern empiricism. There are three parts: the first deals with questions of philosophical logic, the second with questions in the philosophy of mind, and the third with questions in the philosophy of art. Thus the argument advances from a theory of aesthetic judgment (and in particular of "aesthetic description"), to a theory of aesthetic appreciation, and thence to an account of the nature and value of art. |
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Page 192
... painting has a definite sense , but no reference . Painting an imaginary object is like writing a story . If we speak of adequate , correct , or telling representation in these cases , it can only be because the painting or the story ...
... painting has a definite sense , but no reference . Painting an imaginary object is like writing a story . If we speak of adequate , correct , or telling representation in these cases , it can only be because the painting or the story ...
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... painting it is not because they help us to see it as , say , a seated woman in a garden ( although they may help us to do this ) . The function of the conventions and traditions that a paint- ing invokes may be to draw attention to fine ...
... painting it is not because they help us to see it as , say , a seated woman in a garden ( although they may help us to do this ) . The function of the conventions and traditions that a paint- ing invokes may be to draw attention to fine ...
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... painting that can be understood independently of its representational status , then we imagine an abstract painting . And while abstract paintings some- times have titles their representational status is as much in doubt as the status ...
... painting that can be understood independently of its representational status , then we imagine an abstract painting . And while abstract paintings some- times have titles their representational status is as much in doubt as the status ...
Contents
The Individuality of the Aesthetic Object | 15 |
Aesthetic Perception | 29 |
Recognition and Response | 71 |
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