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Phenomenology of the Visual Arts (even the Frame)

By Paul Crowther

Book information

Publisher
Stanford University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
0804762147, 9780804762144
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2592538 bytes)
Pages
264\266
Time added
2014-12-09 12:28:04

Description

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, architecture, and photography), Phenomenology of the Visual Arts also addresses complex idioms, including abstract, conceptual, and digital art.

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