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Art as Expression
(cont.)
- Croce
- less importance of the communication
of feelings and more on what the artist is
actually trying to express
- art is the expression of intuitions - basic sense-impressions
combined with the artist's feelings and emotions
- we never look at the world
objectively, we look at it
subjectively and emotionally
- artists then re-create these experiences in their art
- artists then re-create these experiences in their art
- we never look at the world
objectively, we look at it
subjectively and emotionally
- Turner The Scarlet Sunset
- less importance of the communication
of feelings and more on what the artist is
actually trying to express
- Collingwood
- artists consciously create art in order to achieve a conscious purpose: the expression of emotions
- art is essentially creative and imaginative
- creating art is a conscious process however
Collingwood allows for the artist to incorporate
unconscious feelings and emotions that may affect
imaginatively the work of art
- creating art is a conscious process however
Collingwood allows for the artist to incorporate
unconscious feelings and emotions that may affect
imaginatively the work of art
- art proper
- purpose is to express emotions not to entertain or convey a moral/political/social message
- Bellini's The Dead Christ Supported by Angels
- Sadler's Battle of Waterloo
- Bellini's The Dead Christ Supported by Angels
- purpose is to express emotions not to entertain or convey a moral/political/social message
- horror films are not art proper since its only purpose is to arouse fear in the audience
- aesthetic response to art is not based
on the direct arousal of emotion
- a poem we consider sad does not necessarily make us sad
- Two in Campagna by Browning
- the audience does not have to agree
with the artist's beliefs or share in their
emotions
- a poem we consider sad does not necessarily make us sad
- artists consciously create art in order to achieve a conscious purpose: the expression of emotions
- Objections to Collingwood and Croce
- disregards emotionless art
concentrated on form and
architecture
- Gropius' Bauhaus building
- Gropius' Bauhaus building
- disregard ready-made object art which
does not incorporate the artist's
imagination
- Duchamp's The Fountain
- Duchamp's The Fountain
- they both view mental processes as more valuable
than the physical object which is the art in itself
- ignores the importance of skill
- if the true value of the art is in the mind of the artist
this is inaccessible to the audience - undermines the
value of art itself
- ignores the importance of skill
- disregards emotionless art
concentrated on form and
architecture
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