Philosophical Perspectives on Art
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 18 February 2010
- ISBN 9780199202430
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 234x156x17 mm
- Weight 452 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Philosophical Perspectives on Art presents a series of essays devoted to two of the most fundamental topics in the philosophy of art: the distinctive character of artworks and what is involved in understanding them as art. Anyone with an interest in aesthetics or art theory will find the papers in this volume fascinating reading.
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Philosophical Perspectives on Art presents a series of essays devoted to two of the most fundamental topics in the philosophy of art: the distinctive character of artworks and what is involved in understanding them as art. In Part I, Stephen Davies considers a wide range of questions about the nature and definition of art. Can art be defined, and if so, which definitions are the most plausible? Do we make and consume art because there are evolutionary advantages to doing so? Has art completed the mission that guided its earlier historical development, and if so, what is to become of it now? Should architecture be classified as an art form?
Part II turns to the interpretation and appreciation of art. What is the target and purpose of the critic's interpretation? Is interpretation primarily directed at uncovering artists' intended meanings? Can apparently contradictory interpretations of a given piece both be true? Are interpretative evaluations entailed by descriptions of a work's aesthetic and artistic characteristics? In addition to providing fresh answers to these and other central questions in aesthetics, Davies considers the nature and content of metaphor, and the relation between the expressive qualities of a work of art and the emotions of its creator.
Review from previous edition A useful and stimulating book. The sixteen essays collected in it not only give "philosophical perspecives on art", as the title promises, but also offer sharp analyses that still form a unity.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part One
Essential distinctions for art theorists
The cluster theory of art
Functional and procedural definitions of art
Non-Western art and art's definition
First art and art's definition
Aesthetic judgments, artworks, and functional beauty
Ellen Dissanayake's evolutionary aesthetic
Probably not the last word on the end of art
Is architecture an art?
Part Two
Interpreting contextualities
Authors' intentions, literary interpretation, and literary value
True interpretations
Relativism in interpretation
Replies to arguments suggesting that critics' strong evaluations could not be soundly deduced
Truth-values and metaphors
The expression theory again
Bibliography
Index
