Art and Its ObjectsWhat defines a work of art and determines the way in which we respond to it? This classic reflection was written with the belief that the nature of art has to be understood simultaneously from the artist's as well as the spectator's viewpoint. |
Contents
Art and its objects I | 21 |
The Institutional theory of art | 157 |
Are the criteria of identity for works of | 167 |
A note on the physical object hypothesis | 177 |
Criticism as retrieval | 185 |
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aesthetic attitude aesthetic object theory aesthetic value analogy answer argued argument artifact artist characteristic cognitive concept of art creative process criticism Der Rosenkavalier distinction E. H. Gombrich Edgar Wind elements essay evaluation experience expression fact G. E. M. Anscombe I. A. Richards iconic Ideal theory identified imagine instance Institutional theory intention interpretation kind Languages of Art London look meaning medium Meyer Schapiro mind Monroe Beardsley nature Nelson Goodman notion Objectivism opera painting particular perception Phil Philosophy phrase physical objects physical-object hypothesis picture piece of music poem poetry Presentational theory problem question reference Relativism relevant repertoire representational properties reprinted require retrieval Richard Wollheim Rosenkavalier scrutiny sculpture seeing-as seeing-in seems sense specifically spectator status style suggestion Susanne Langer theory of art thesis things thought tion tokens traditional trans Ulysses understanding visual W. K. Wimsatt Wittgenstein Wölfflin words York