Michael D. Dahnke

Film, Art, and Filmart

An Introduction to Aesthetics Through Film

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Produktbeschreibung

This work is a basic introduction to aesthetics and covers the major theories of art, while referring to various filmic examples to illustrate the complex ideas related to the philosophy of art. In addition, it addresses film itself as an art form, analyzes film studies, and discusses film's ambiguous cultural/artistic position. The overarching theme of the book is the most basic aesthetic question: What is art? That eternal and critical question is explored by addressing representation, formalism, and expressivism, three classic aesthetic theories. Film, Art, and Filmart begins by focusing on Plato, including a look at the issue of censorship as it is raised in his Republic. Then formalism is discussed via Kant, and Roger Fry's and Clive Bell's theory of Significant Form. Expressivism is dealt with by utilizing views by Leo Tolstoy and R.G. Collingwood. Contemporary issues in aesthetics are illuminated with George Dickie's theory of art, while also examining the cognitive theories of Nelson Goodman and Martha Nussbaum. The final chapter opens definitional structure up a bit by investigating the concept of freedom as integral to art and by straying from the largely analytic focus of the rest of the book through analysis of continental philosophers, such as Hegel, Nietzsche, and Foucault.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 209g
• ISBN-13: 9780761837213
• ISBN-10: 0761837213
• Artikelnr.: 22773718

Autorenporträt

By Michael D. Dahnke

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction: What is Art? Chapter 3 Art as
Representation Chapter 4 Plato and Censorship Chapter 5 Plato: Art as
Mimesis Chapter 6 Social Realism Chapter 7 Art as Form Chapter 8 Kant
Chapter 9 Significant Form Chapter 10 Problems with Significant Form
Chapter 11 Realism and Formalism in Film Theory Chapter 12 Formalism and
Realism in Practice Chapter 13 Formalism, Realism, and the "Real" World
Chapter 14 Art as Expression Chapter 15 Tolstoy Chapter 16 R.G. Collingwood
Chapter 17 Problems with Expressivism Chapter 18 Art as an Insitution
Chapter 19 George Dickie's New Approach Chapter 20 Problems with
Institutional Theory Chapter 21 Art as Knowledge Chapter 22 Goodman's
Cognitivism Chapter 23 Nussbaum and Moral Knowledge Chapter 24 Problems
with Cognitivism Chapter 25 Conclusions Chapter 26 A Brief Excursus on
High/Low Art Chapter 27 Art as Freedom Chapter 28 Art and Freedom: The
Enlightenment to 1900 Chapter 29 Kant: Art and Creative Genius Chapter 30
Hegel: The Art of Consciousness Chapter 31 Nietzsche: Art as a Lie Chapter
32 Foucault: Aesthetics of Existence Part 33 Filmography Part 34
Bibliography