Phenomenology Of The Visual Arts

Phenomenology Of The Visual Arts

The book is a comprehensive phenomenological study of meanings that are unique to the major visual art forms.



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.

Auteur | Paul Crowther
Taal | Engels
Type | Paperback
Categorie | Kunst & Fotografie

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