Cultivating Perception Through Artworks

Author : Helen A. Fielding
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780253059338

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Cultivating Perception Through Artworks by Helen A. Fielding Pdf

What are the ethical, political and cultural consequences of forgetting how to trust our senses? How can artworks help us see, sense, think, and interact in ways that are outside of the systems of convention and order that frame so much of our lives? In Cultivating Perception through Artworks, Helen Fielding challenges us to think alongside and according to artworks, cultivating a perception of what is really there and being expressed by them. Drawing from and expanding on the work of philosophers such as Luce Irigaray and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Fielding urges us to trust our senses and engage relationally with works of art in the here and now rather than distancing and systematizing them as aesthetic objects. Cultivating Perception through Artworks examines examples as diverse as a Rembrandt painting, M. NourbeSe Philip's poetry, and Louise Bourgeois' public sculpture, to demonstrate how artworks enact ethics, politics, or culture. By engaging with different art forms and discovering the unique way that each opens us to the world in a new and unexpected ways, Fielding reveals the importance of our moral, political, and cultural lives.

Author : Tim Mehigan,Timothy J. Mehigan
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789042023628

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Frameworks, Artworks, Place by Tim Mehigan,Timothy J. Mehigan Pdf

How space – mental, emotional, visual – is implicated in our constructions of reality and our art is the focus of this set of innovative essays. For the first time art theorists and historians, visual artists, literary critics and philosophers have come together to assay the problem of space both within conventional discipline boundaries and across them. What emerges is a stimulating discussion of the problem of embodied space and situated consciousness that will be of interest to the general reader as well as specialists working in the fields of art history and art practice, literature, philosophy and education.

Author : April Flakne
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780821447833

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The Affection in Between by April Flakne Pdf

Exposing a fundamental but forgotten capacity to sense with others, this fresh approach to ethics centers on expressive, moving bodies in everyday affective encounters. Common sense has yet to yield its golden promise: robust selves, a stable sense of reality, and bonds of solidarity. The Affection in Between argues that reimagining common sense involves tackling two intractable philosophical puzzles together: the problems of sensory integration and of “other minds.” Construing common sense as either an individual cognitive capacity or a communal body of beliefs and practices, as our tradition of philosophical and political thought has done for too long, constricts possibilities of self and other, ethics and politics. Neither register alone can evade political manipulation and deliver common ground between confident yet unavoidably porous selves. April Flakne begins with a novel interpretation of the neglected Aristotelian concept of sunaisthesis, an embodied, interactive capacity to create overlapping meaning through the cultivation of a sensibility that is neither individual nor communal but unfolds between bodies in movement. Bolstering Aristotle’s concept with classical and contemporary phenomenology, including critical phenomenology, empirical theories of social cognition, and affect theory, Flakne offers fresh answers to a pressing and legitimate skepticism about selfhood and the role that ethics might play in countering disorientation and manufactured division. Through an exploration of the intimate experiences of birth, death, caregiving, and mourning, Flakne brings the ethical and political aspects of interembodied interaction home and into lived experience.

Author : Elena Polyudova
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781527509610

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Current Streams in American Art Education by Elena Polyudova Pdf

This book analyses the modern approaches in American art education from historical and comparative perspectives. It observes the general principles of teaching the fine arts in the USA, exploring the ideas of visual culture studies, modern generational characteristics, and social educational factors as part of the current educational environment. Based on a wide variety of academic and practical sources, the book considers the transformation of the aesthetic experience, the general concept of art education, in the modern multicultural milieu. To illustrate the current streams in contemporary American art pedagogy, it embraces a broad spectrum of references, including the classification of art museums in the USA and museums’ school projects.

Author : Albert William Levi,Ralph Alexander Smith
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Art
ISBN : 0252061853

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Art Education by Albert William Levi,Ralph Alexander Smith Pdf

Recommending that art be taught as a humanity, this volume provides a philosophical rationale for the idea of discipline-based art education. Levi and Smith discuss topics ranging over both the public and private aspects of art, the disciplines of artistic creation, art history, art criticism, and aesthetics, and curriculum proposals featuring five phases of aesthetic learning. While there is no consensus on how the various components of aesthetic learning should be presented in order to accomplish the goals of discipline-based art education, the authors point out that progress toward those goals will require that those who design art education programs bring an understanding of the four disciplines to their work. The introductory volume of a five-volume series, this book will appeal to elementary and secondary art teachers, those who prepare teachers at the college level, and museum educators.

Author : Alexandra K. Grieser,Jay Johnston
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110461015

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Aesthetics of Religion by Alexandra K. Grieser,Jay Johnston Pdf

This volume is the first English language presentation of the innovative approaches developed in the aesthetics of religion. The chapters present diverse material and detailed analysis on descriptive, methodological and theoretical concepts that together explore the potential of an aesthetic approach for investigating religion as a sensory and mediated practice. In dialogue with, yet different from, other major movements in the field (material culture, anthropology of the senses, for instance), it is the specific intent of this approach to create a framework for understanding the interplay between sensory, cognitive and socio-cultural aspects of world-construction. The volume demonstrates that aesthetics, as a theory of sensory knowledge, offers an elaborate repertoire of concepts that can help to understand religious traditions. These approaches take into account contemporary developments in scientific theories of perception, neuro-aesthetics and cultural studies, highlighting the socio-cultural and political context informing how humans perceive themselves and the world around them. Developing since the 1990s, the aesthetic approach has responded to debates in the study of religion, in particular striving to overcome biased categories that confined religion either to texts and abstract beliefs, or to an indisputable sui generis mode of experience. This volume documents what has been achieved to date, its significance for the study of religion and for interdisciplinary scholarship.

Author : Rosalyn Driscoll
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781350122239

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The Sensing Body in the Visual Arts by Rosalyn Driscoll Pdf

This book provides original grounds for integrating the bodily, somatic senses into our understanding of how we make and engage with visual art. Rosalyn Driscoll, a visual artist who spent years making tactile, haptic sculpture, shows how touch can deepen what we know through seeing, and even serve as a genuine alternative to sight. Driscoll explores the basic elements of the somatic senses, investigating the differences between touch and sight, the reciprocal nature of touch, and the centrality of motion and emotion. Awareness of the somatic senses offers rich aesthetic and perceptual possibilities for art making and appreciation, which will be of use for students of fine art, museum studies, art history and sensory studies.

Author : Cyrus Manasseh
Publisher : Cambria Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781604976502

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The Problematic of Video Art in the Museum, 1968-1990 by Cyrus Manasseh Pdf

Cyrus Manasseh is an academic, writer, and editor. He holds a PhD from the University of Western Australia in art history and philosophy and a BA (Hons.) from the University of Reading, England, in film and drama and art history. Dr. Manasseh is an associate editor for Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal and The International Journal of the Arts in Society. He has also published articles in The International Journal of the Arts in Society, The Melbourne Art Journal, and other academic journals and conference proceedings in the field of visual arts. --Book Jacket.

Author : David Cycleback
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781312117495

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Art Perception by David Cycleback Pdf

A complex and fascinating question is why do humans have such strong emotional reactions and human connections to art? Why do viewers become scared, even haunted for days, by a movie monster they know doesn't exist? Why do humans become enthralled by distorted figures and scenes that aren't realistic? Why do viewers have emotional attachments to comic book characters? The answer lies in that, while humans know art is human made artifice, they view and decipher art using the same often nonconscious methods that they use to view and decipher reality. Looking at how we perceive reality shows us how we perceive art, and looking at how we perceive art helps show us how we perceive reality. Written by the prominent art historian and philosopher Cycleback, this book is a concise introduction to understanding art perception, covering key psychological, cognitive science, physiological and philosophical concepts.

Author : Edgar Evalt Sleinis
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Art
ISBN : 0252027779

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Art and Freedom by Edgar Evalt Sleinis Pdf

"Art and Freedom introduces a novel classificatory system for representation, expression, and formalist theories of art. Sleinis argues that a characteristic defect of contemporary theories of art is their neglect of the issue of value. Probing the issue of progress in art, he also emphasizes the need for art to contribute to positive values."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Luke Jerram,Aikaterini Gegisian,Gill Haworth
Publisher : Young Writers
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : 0956035604

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Art in Mind by Luke Jerram,Aikaterini Gegisian,Gill Haworth Pdf

Author : Rudolf Arnheim
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Art
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Art and Visual Perception by Rudolf Arnheim Pdf

Author : Samuel Leong,Bo Wah Leung
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400777293

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Creative Arts in Education and Culture by Samuel Leong,Bo Wah Leung Pdf

This book offers insights into the exciting dynamics permeating creative arts education in the Greater China region, focusing on the challenges of forging a future that would not reject, but be enriched by its Confucian and colonial past. Today’s ‘Greater China’ – comprising China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan – has grown into a vibrant and rapidly transforming region characterized by rich historical legacies, enormous dynamism and exciting cultural metamorphosis. Concomitant with the economic rise of China and widespread calls for more ‘creative’ and ‘liberal’ education, the educational and cultural sectors in the region have witnessed significant reforms in recent years. Other factors that will influence the future of arts education are the emergence of a ‘new’ awareness of Chinese cultural values and the uniqueness of being Chinese.​

Author : Rudolf Arnheim
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780520351271

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Art and Visual Perception, Second Edition by Rudolf Arnheim Pdf

Since its publication fifty years ago, this work has established itself as a classic. It casts the visual process in psychological terms and describes the creative way one's eye organizes visual material according to specific psychological premises. In 1974 this book was revised and expanded, and since then it has continued to burnish Rudolf Arnheim's reputation as a groundbreaking theoretician in the fields of art and psychology.

Author : Helen A. Fielding,Dorothea E. Olkowski
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780253030115

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Feminist Phenomenology Futures by Helen A. Fielding,Dorothea E. Olkowski Pdf

Distinguished feminist philosophers consider the future of their field and chart its political and ethical course in this forward-looking volume. Engaging with themes such as the historical trajectory of feminist phenomenology, ways of perceiving and making sense of the contemporary world, and the feminist body in health and ethics, these essays affirm the base of the discipline as well as open new theoretical spaces for work that bridges bioethics, social identity, physical ability, and the very nature and boundaries of the female body. Entanglements with thinkers such as Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Beauvoir, and Arendt are evident and reveal new directions for productive philosophical work. Grounded in the richness of the feminist philosophical tradition, this work represents a significant opening to the possible futures of feminist phenomenological research.