The aesthetic function of art
"Gary Iseminger argues that the function of the practice of art and the informal institution of the artworld is to promote aesthetic communication. He concludes that the fundamental criteria for evaluating a work of art as a work of art are aesthetic." "Functioning initially on the function of the artworld rather than the function of works of art, he blends elements from two of the most currently influential philosophical approaches to art, George Dickie's institutional theory and Monroe Beards…
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- Full title :The aesthetic function of art / Gary Iseminger.
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"Gary Iseminger argues that the function of the practice of art and the informal institution of the artworld is to promote aesthetic communication. He concludes that the fundamental criteria for evaluating a work of art as a work of art are aesthetic." "Functioning initially on the function of the artworld rather than the function of works of art, he blends elements from two of the most currently influential philosophical approaches to art, George Dickie's institutional theory and Monroe Beardsley's aesthetic theory, and provides a new foundation for a traditional account of what makes good art."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:2004.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication:Ithaca, N.Y
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2004.
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 147 pages ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0801439701, 9780801439704
- oclc:ocm54857561
- LC Classification:BH39
- Dewey Decimal:111/.85
Table of Contents
Art and the aesthetic -- Traditional aestheticism -- A new aestheticism -- Aesthetic communication -- The artworld and the practice of art -- The artifactual concept of function -- Art as an aesthetic practice -- Artistic value as aesthetic.
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