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The Value
of Art
- Representation theories of art
- a painting is always a painting of something
- thus it gains its value in its ability to mirror the world
- thus it gains its value in its ability to mirror the world
- Plato viewed art as imitation but that we should not value it
- we should instead use
reason to understand
the essence of the
object or concept, rather
than look at art
- art fails to inform us or
give us any knowledge
of the world
- we should instead use
reason to understand
the essence of the
object or concept, rather
than look at art
- art can use symbols, conventions
and signs to represent themes - not
imitate
- art can convey some vision or truth
- Issues
- forgeries
- no value for abstract art or ready-made art
- would have to
consider trompe l'oeils
as the best art
- forgeries
- a painting is always a painting of something
- Expression theories of art
- artist's purpose is to express and
reflect on his emotions and
portray them through the art
- Croce and Collingwood
- art is the expression of
sense-impressions and the
feelings raised within the
artist
- appreciation of the artist's
imagination and creative
process
- Issues
- assumes that the emotions felt by the
audience will be of a similar nature to
those experienced by the artist
- not enough value on
the actual art - focus
is on the creative
process
- ignore the importance of skill
- ignore the importance of skill
- disregards emotionless, realist and religious art
- assumes that the emotions felt by the
audience will be of a similar nature to
those experienced by the artist
- art proper expresses purely aesthetic emotions
- art is the expression of
sense-impressions and the
feelings raised within the
artist
- the best art invokes the strongest
reaction in the audience
- Tolstoy
- purpose is to express some type of
moral message through the communication of their feelings
- Issues
- would have to consider
horror films as the best
art
- facial expressions fit the criteria
- Kant - aesthetic and moral judgments should be separate
- would have to consider
horror films as the best
art
- purpose is to express some type of
moral message through the communication of their feelings
- artist's purpose is to express and
reflect on his emotions and
portray them through the art
- Formalist theories of art
- considers the purely artistic qualities of art
- lines, shapes, colours, chords, harmonica progressions etc.
- lines, shapes, colours, chords, harmonica progressions etc.
- values the art in itself, for itself, rather than
being almost secondary to what it represents
or what emotions it expresses
- Clive Bell - significant form
characterised by the ability to generate
aesthetic emotions in the audience
- most inclusive of all theories
- Issues
- difficulty distinguishing art from artefact
- very modern view
- forgeries
- circular
- difficulty distinguishing art from artefact
- considers the purely artistic qualities of art
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