The picture that Mom drew
written and
Introduces the seven basic elements of art by using colored pencils to add colors, lines, shapes, forms, shades, patterns, and textures one at a time to a piece of paper.
Read Time: ~3.3 hr
Art as language
by G.L. Hagberg (1995)
About this book
Art as Language systematically considers the implications of the pervasive belief that art is a language or functions like language. This insightful book clarifies the similarities and differences between expression in speech and expression in art, and examines Wittgenstein's work on language and mind as it applies to several prominent aesthetic theories. Working from a Wittgensteinian perspective, G. L. Hagberg opens with a reexamination of some of the foundational aesthetic theorists of the earlier part of this century, including R. G. Collingwood and Susanne Langer. Focusing on the work of Arthur Danto, George Dickie, and Joseph Margolis, Hagberg discusses the philosophical presumptions and hidden complexities in recent theories of artistic perception, in theories concerning the nature of the art object, and in the institutional conception of the arts. Throughout Art as Language, he tests the claims of aesthetics against artistic practices in order to rethink the fundamental positions of the most important aesthetic theories of this century.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreArt as language Lead Character
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