Thinking Art

By A.A. Van den Braembussche

The Nature of Art: Classical Answers to the Question "What Is Art?".- Introduction: What Is Philosophy of Art?.- The Nature of Art: Classical Answers to the Question "What Is Art?".- The Imitation Theory.- Expression Theories.- Formalism.- Art as a Synthesis of Form and Expression.- Aesthetic Judgment: The Legacy of Kant.- Art in a Historical and Social Perspective.- 'The End of Art': The Contemporary Interest in Hegel.- Art and Society: A Neomarxist Perspective.- The Language of Art: From Phenomenology to Poststructuralism.- The Phenomenological Perspective.- The Modern Version of Formalism: The Semiotic Point of View.- The Post-structuralist Perspective.- Epilogue.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402056370
• ISBN13: 9781402056376
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"