Ideas about Art

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4051-7883-9
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Ideas About Art is an intelligent, accessible introductory text for students interested in learning how to think about aesthetics.

It uses stories drawn from the experiences of individuals involved in the arts as a means of exposing readers to the philosophies, theories, and arguments that shape and drive visual art.
- An accessible, story-driven introduction to aesthetic theory and philosophy
- Prompts readers to develop independent ideas about aesthetics; this is a guide on how to think, not what to think
- Includes discussions of non-western, contemporary, and discipline-specific theories
- Examines a range of art-based dilemmas across a wide variety of disciplines — from art and design and law to visual and museum studies

Autoren/Hrsg.

Desmond, Kathleen K

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations ix

Preface x

Acknowledgements xxii

1 Public Opinion/Public Art 1
I Don’t Know Anything About Art, But I Know What I Like!

2 Non-Western Ideas About What Art Is 15
Is Art Situational? Cultural? Biological? Universal?

3 Western Ideas About What Art Is 33

4 Beauty 52
Does Art Have to be Beautiful?

5 Expression and Aesthetic Experience 67

6 Art and Ethics 78
Morals and Religion

7 Political Art, Censorship, and Pornography 93
When Art Is Too Powerful, Cover It Up

8 Art and Economics 111

9 Feminist Art, Aesthetics, and Art Criticism 123
Where Were the Women in My Art History Books?

10 Postmodernist Art and Attitudes 142

11 Photography and New Media 156

12 (Re)Discovering Design 171

13 Art and Aesthetic Education 190

14 Artists, Art Critics, Art Historians, Curators, Museums, and Viewers 205
Making Art Ideas Your Own

Bibliography 224

Illustration Credits 239

Index 241

Über Autor(innen)

Kathleen Desmond is Professor of Art History and Byler Distinguished Faculty at the University of Central Missouri where she teaches aesthetics, art criticism and art history and writes about contemporary art and artists.