...well-known psychologist of art, RudolfArnheim, is not an experimental psychologist...McNally. Behrens, R. (1998). RudolfArnheim: The little owl on the shoulder...thought...
...145 Some Remarks on Value and Greatness in Music : LEONARD B. MEYER 169 Expression: RUDOLFARNHEIM 188 IV ART AND KNOWLEDGE Introduction 209 The Meaning of a Literary...
The Cinema's Third Machine reproduces the diversity of perspectives and the intensity of controversies of early German film within the broad context of German social and political history. "Smart and superbly researched."_Choice.
This book strikes a new and better balance between these competing interests. By taking a normative question -- why should we value the arts? -- it manages to develop a genuinely philosophical understanding of art and its value while never losing sight of the poems, pictures and music which draw and...
This book strikes a new and better balance between these competing interests. By taking a normative question -- why should we value the arts? -- it manages to develop a genuinely philosophical understanding of art and its value while never losing sight of the poems, pictures and music which draw and sustain interest in the arts.
In this new second edition, chapters have been revised to include new material and also an added chapter about the subjectivity of aesthetic judgement, the importance of the artist's intention and the possibility of an aesthetic appreciation of nature. The book concludes with a critical survey of art theories and introduces some complex issues surrounding disputes between Marxism, structuralism and postmodernism.