Art's emotions : ethics, expression and aesthetic experience / Damien Freeman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freeman, Damien.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts--Psychological aspects.

Arts.

Emotions in art.

Art and morals.

Aesthetics--Psychological aspects.

Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

x, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2012]

Summary:

How is it that artistic works have the power to move the human heart? Why does Manet's Woman with a Parrot evoke reverie, and an Edward Elgar cello concerto, nostalgia? What is the value of such experiences? Art's Emotions is a reflective, thought-provoking exploration of the significance that experiencing emotion through art has upon our lives.

Damien Freeman reviews and evaluates three traditional approaches to understanding artistic expression, while developing a theory of emotion that resolves key questions in aesthetics. Touching on questions of the ways in which art can he thought to express emotion, and of whether art can be identified with expression, Freeman establishes the ethical significance of art in nurturing humans and helping them flourish.

Art's Emotions challenges readers to consider not only how art engages with emotion, but also the ways in which art can answer fundamental questions about the value and nature of experience. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The emotional economy 13

2 Perception of emotion in the world 39

3 The varieties of emotional experience 75

4 Art and the plenary experience of emotion 105

5 The value of art and the practice of life 133.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780773540057

0773540059

9780773540064

0773540067

OCLC:

757055629