Semiotic Aesthetics and the Art Industry

Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-981-9250-97-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Civilizational Dialogue and the Study of Chinese Culture

This book explores the art's transformation in an increasingly industrialized world, challenging traditional boundaries between artistic creation and industrial production. By introducing a innovative semiotic approach to aesthetics, the work provides a comprehensive framework for understanding art's evolving role in contemporary society.

At a time when artistic practices are increasingly intertwined with industrial processes, this study presents a new methodology for analyzing meaning across diverse artistic expressions. The author skillfully navigates the complex terrain where creativity meets industrial production, revealing how art continues to generate significance beyond purely aesthetic considerations.

Bridging the gap between theoretical analysis and practical understanding, the book reimagines art as a dynamic system of meaning-making that transcends traditional disciplinary constraints. It offers scholars, artists, and cultural theorists a revolutionary lens through which to examine the intricate relationships between creativity, industrialization, and cultural expression.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhao, Yiheng

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Semiotik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction The symbolic aesthetics of the art industry: possible and necessary.- Part I: The Contemporary Art Industry.- Chapter 1. ‘Pan-Artisation’.- Chapter 2. The ‘purposive purposelessness’ of the art industry.- Chapter 3. The Semiotic Theoretical Foundations of the Art Industry: Triple Slide, Triple Partial Slide, Triadic Coexistence.- Chapter 4. The Triadic Configuration of Artistic Meaning: Symbolic Form / Symbolic Meaning / Symbolic Use.- Part II: Ways of Meaning in Art Industry Texts.- Chapter 1. Design as a Symbolic Process.- Chapter 2. Abstract Art and Contemporary Design Symbolic Aesthetics.- Chapter 3. Artistic Urban Space and Architectural ‘Skin Aesthetics’.- Chapter 4. The Rental of Body Parts in Art Products Repetition and Variation in Multi-Media Texts.- Part III: Intertextual Relations in the Art Industry.- Chapter 2. The Proliferation of ‘Biaxial Texts’ in Contemporary Art.- Chapter 3. Presentation and ‘Interpresentation’ in Contemporary Culture.- Chapter 4. Kemp: The Ironic Regeneration of Kitsch.- Chapter 5. The Symbolic Aesthetics of Artificial Intelligence.- Conclusion: Sensoriality and Symbolisation: The ‘New Sensibility’ in Contemporary Symbolic Aesthetics.

Über Autor(innen)

Zhao Yiheng is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Sichuan University, specialising in semiotics, narratology and formal theory. He is the author of Principles and Deduction of Semiotics, Generalised Narratology, Philosophical Semiotics: The Formation of the World of Meaning, and Art Semiotics: Meaning Analysis of Art Forms