Author

Publication

2009 - Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif, California

Language

English

Word Count

63,000 words, Guess

Page Count

252 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780804762144
  • ISBN-100804762147
  • LibraryThing9219656
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009007529
  • OCLC Control Number312096245
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780804762144
  • Open LibraryOL23170324M

Classifications

  • DDC701
  • LCCN66 .C76 2009
  • LCCN66

Description

"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, Paul 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."--Jacket.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Phenomenology of the visual arts (even the frame)Stanford University Press2009-01-01

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