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Phenomenologies of Art and Vision: A Post-Analytic Turn (Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy)
Phenomenologies of Art and Vision A PostAnalytic Turn - Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy Author:Paul Crowther Contemporary — discussions of the image like to emphasize art's societal functions. Few — studies come close to answering why pictures and sculptures fascinate and — intrigue regardless of any practical functions they might serve. In this — original, thought-provoking study, Paul Crowther reveals the intrinsic — significance of pictures and sculpture... more »s.
To address the
question of how painting becomes an art, Crowther uses the analytic philosophy
of Richard Wollheim as a starting point. But to sufficiently answer the
question, he makes an important link to a tradition much more successful in
giving voice to the deeper ontology of visual art - existential phenomenology.
The result is a work that demonstrates the
reciprocal relationship between phenomenology and analytic aesthetics. To
expand its ontological scope and solve the problem of expression, analytic aesthetics
needs phenomenology; while to develop a sustained, critically balanced, and
intellectually available ontology, phenomenology needs the discursive force and
lucidity of analytic philosophy. This convincing case for a post-analytic
phenomenology of art is an important advancement of contemporary discussions of