A theory of art / Karol Berger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berger, Karol, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts--Philosophy.

Arts.

Aesthetics.

Poetics.

Physical Description:

xii, 287 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Summary:

Prologue. The Function and value of art Part I. Aesthetics: the end of artworks 1. Aesthetics I. The nature of art 2. Aesthetics II. The uses of art 3. Aesthetics III. The genealogy of modern European art music Part II. Poetics and hermeneutics: the contents and interpretation of artworks 4. Poetics I. Diegesis and mimesis: the poetic modes and the matter of artistic presentation 5. Poetics II. Narrative and lyric: the poetic forms and the object of artistic presentation 6. Hermenetics. Interpretation and its validity Epilogue. The power of taste Notes.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

PROLOGUE: THE FUNCTION AND VALUE OF ART

PART I: AESTHETICS: THE ENDS OF ARTWORKS

CHAPTER 1 AESTHETICS I. THE NATURE OF ART

a. The Media of Culture

b. Visual Media

c. Music

d. Language

e. Works and Performances, Originals and Copies

f. Representations and Arguments

CHAPTER 2 AESTHETICS II. THE USES OF ART

a. The Ethical Life

b. Art and History

c. Art and Philosophy

d. Art, Religion, and the State

e. Pleasure

CHAPTER 3 AESTHETICS III. THE GENEALOGY OF MODERN EUROPEAN ART MUSIC

a. Social Practices and Their Histories

b. Functional and Autonomous Music

c. The Rise of Mimetic Music

d. The Rise of Abstract Music

e. The Cold War of Mimesis and Abstraction

f. The Significance of Abstraction

PART II: POETICS AND HERMENEUTICS: THE CONTENTS AND INTERPRETATION OF ARTWORKS

CHAPTER 4 POETICS I. DIEGESIS AND MIMESIS: THE POETIC MODES AND THE MATTER OF ARTISTIC PRESENTATION

a. The Voices

b. The Modes in Painting and Music

c. The Author, Implied and Real, Dead and Alive

CHAPTER 5 POETICS II. NARRATIVE AND LYRIC: THE POETIC FORMS AND THE OBJECT OF ARTISTIC PRESENTATION

a. Narrative and Lyric

b. The Forms in Painting and Music

c. Action and Passion

CHAPTER 6 HERMENEUTICS. INTERPRETATION AND ITS VALIDITY

a. Interpretation: Metaphor and Metonymy

b. Validity: Persuasion and Legitimacy

EPILOGUE: THE POWER OF TASTE

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-276) and index.

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ISBN:

9786610472130

9780198029526

0198029527

9780199785803

0199785805

9781280472138

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9780195158526

0195158520

9780195128604

0195128605

9781602563544

1602563543

OCLC:

925415103