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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"philosophy of art"”.
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The Philosophy of Art of Samuel Alexander
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Alain, Aesthetician: An Essay in the Philosophy of Art
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Freedom and nature in Schelling's philosophy of Art
The goal of this thesis is to establish the centrality of the philosophy of art in Schelling's thought from the System of Transcendental Idealism (1800), through the period known as his absolute idealism or identity-philosophy (1801-1806), to the address Uber das Verhaltnis der bildenden Kunste zu …
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Performative Experiments: Case Studies in the Philosophy of Art, Science and Technology
In this dissertation I argue that artworks that mimic scientific experiments can transform our philosophical understanding of scientific experiment itself. The collection of artworks that form the basis of my case studies includes imaginary scientific instruments, responsive sound environments, …
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An Ontology of Images and Painterly Subjectivity: Towards a Bergsonian Philosophy of Art
… investigation attempts to consider the identity of the contemporary Bergsonian philosophy of immanence by reflection on key conceptualisations from the work of Henri Bergson. From the view that thinking Bergsonian is an attitude of philosophy that anticipates the metaphysics of a philosophy of …
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Estetikos sampratos transformacija: B. Croce ir H. G. Gadameris /
The object of the dissertation is the problem of the transformation of the concept of aesthetics in Western continental philosophy of the 20th century. In contemporary thought the need to review the modernist concept of aesthetics becomes more and more evident as on the basis of this concept it is …
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Between impressionism and realism: Robert Henri's early career, navigation of nineteenth-century French modernism, and the development of an American avant-garde
… Realist and the outspoken representative of the Ashcan artists. Inspired by his philosophy of artistic practice, Henri's followers embraced their individuality and represented their engagement with the realities of modern life. For his own part, however, Henri never truly adopted the …
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The disciples of light: a way of seeing and the educational transfer of ideas linking spirituality and art among southern painters in the Hensche-Hawthorne tradition
This study examines the role of artistic education in shaping artistic beliefs and personal philosophy. Its central focus is the origins of a common belief among artists that artmaking or aesthetic response to art can be a form of spiritual activity or experience leading to spiritual insight. The …
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(Not) Drawing The Line: Technology Reexamined
… Line: Technology Re-examined is the culmination of interdisciplinary research exploring the nature of materiality and process in the fields of art, science, and technology. Exploration and experimentation in these diverse disciplines have helped to illuminate many of the ideas and concepts that …
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Exploring Colour in Contemporary Art – Epistemic Boundaries and Artistic Practices
This thesis is the result of exploring contemporary artists’ approaches to colour and comparing those approaches with notions of colour in colour philosophy, philosophy of art and artistic colour theories. Since the 1960s, artists have used colours in an ever-increasing variety of media, materials …
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Texturalism and Performance - Adorno's Theory of Truth
This thesis establishes a new reading of Adorno’s theory of truth. I argue that Adorno posits truth as being mutually constituted by dialectical philosophical texts, and the agent’s cognitive engagement and ‘performance’ of these texts. This reading is founded on an interpretation of Adorno as a …
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A Theory for the Dissemination of Educational Change Founded on Development of Affective Values Using Adaptive Behavior
The problem. Research into the value of art education within the curriculum has evolved a mode of instruction based on developing the individual student and his critical sensibilities, referred to as aesthetic education. The mode of art instruction currently in wide use based on the beauty of the …
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The relationship between technology and the body in Muriel Rukeyser's poetry
<p>This thesis studies Muriel Rukeyser‟s view of the relationship between technology and the body by analyzing some of her poetry in her <em>Collected Poems</em> and her philosophy of poetry in her book <em>The Life of Poetry</em>. The thesis also deals with the relationship between science and …
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The incomparable means of instruction : John Dewey's Art as experience applied as the conceptual foundation for kindergarten through elementary curriculum
John Dewey’s Art as Experience (1934) declares art to be the “incomparable organ of instruction” on the third to last page of the book. This dissertation analyzes the place of children within the aesthetic philosophy Dewey expresses in the text and what the implications of Art as Experience could …
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Sul problema dell'astratto. La Meditatio Mortis nella filosofia di G. Gentile
… is focused on the analysis and commentary of the main textual places where Giovanni Gentile dealt with the concept of death and his twin: the concept of immortality. The dissertation is based on mainly four Gentile's works, corresponding to the four chapters: General Theory of the Spirit as …
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Alterpieces: Artworks as Shifting Speech Acts
Art viewers and critics talk as if visual artworks say things, express messages, or have meanings. For instance, Picasso’s 'Guernica' has been described as a “generic plea against the barbarity and terror of war”, forming a “powerful anti-war statement”. One way of understanding meaning in art is …
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‘To Recover Art to the Florentine Original’: William Blake’s Reception of Michelangelo
This thesis is an examination of William Blake’s reception of Michelangelo, focusing primarily on visual works and art criticism. I argue, firstly, that by understanding Michelangelo’s reception in London across Blake’s lifetime we can better contextualise the rise in interest in Italian culture …
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Adult education in the art museum: a content analysis of acoustical guides in American art museums
… describing, and analyzing the content components of selected transcripts of acoustical guides used in major American art museums to aid adult audiences in interpreting or enjoying the art on exhibit. The principal objectives of the research were to characterize the content of these recorded tours …
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Kenneth Burke's relation to modern thought and literature
… Kenneth Burke locates him in selected contexts of modern thought and New Criticism designed to reveal his distinctive contribution as a theorist of language and literature.</p> <p>Most of the substantial studies of Burke that we have, like William Rueckert’s excellent book, <em>Kenneth Burke and …
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