What Art Is

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Kamhi, Michelle , Torres, Louis , Kamhi, Michelle Marder 저자(글)

Open Court · 2000년 05월 15일

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저자(글) Kamhi, Michelle

저자(글) Torres, Louis

저자(글) Kamhi, Michelle Marder

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• Preface	p. xv
  Introduction	p. 1
  Traditional Meanings of the Term "Art"	p. 2
  What the Ordinary Person Thinks	p. 3
  The Ubiquitous Question: "But Is It Art?"	p. 7
  The Experts Speak	p. 9
  Need for a Valid Theory and Definition of Art	p. 12
  Ayn Rand's Theory of Art	p. 14
  The Status of Rand Studies	p. 16
  Overview of the Present Study	p. 19
  Ayn Rand's Philosophy of Art
  "The Psycho-Epistemology of Art"	p. 23
  The Purpose of Art	p. 23
  Metaphysical Value-Judgments	p. 25
  Rand's Definition of Art	p. 26
  The Cognitive Function of Art	p. 27
  The Creative Process	p. 28
  Art, Religion, and Philosophy	p. 29
  Art and Ethics	p. 30
  Romanticism and Naturalism	p. 31
  "Efficacy of Consciousness"	p. 33
  "Philosophy and Sense of Life"	p. 35
  Emotional Abstraction	p. 38
  Philosophy and Sense of Life	p. 40
  Sense of Life and Character	p. 40
  Sense of Life in Love and Art	p. 42
  "Art and Sense of Life"	p. 43
  Emotion and "Expression" in Art	p. 44
  "Communication" in Art	p. 45
  The Significance of Artistic Selectivity	p. 47
  The Response to Art	p. 50
  Subject and Meaning in Art	p. 51
  Style	p. 54
  Esthetic Judgment	p. 57
  "Art and Cognition"	p. 60
  Literature	p. 62
  Painting and Sculpture	p. 66
  The Performing Arts	p. 69
  The Art of Film	p. 74
  The Arts and Cognition	p. 75
  "Modern Art"	p. 76
  Music and Cognition	p. 78
  Music and Emotion	p. 78
  Music and Sense of Life	p. 80
  Rand's Mistaken Hypothesis	p. 82
  The Importance of Melody	p. 84
  The Composer's Viewpoint	p. 86
  Music as a "Re-Creation of Reality"	p. 87
  The Symphony Orchestra	p. 91
  Avant-Garde "Music"	p. 92
  The Definition of Art	p. 94
  Anti-Essentialism in Contemporary Philosophy	p. 94
  The "Institutional" Definition of Art	p. 95
  The Rules of Definition	p. 101
  Rand's Definition of Art	p. 103
  Scientific Support for Rand's Theory	p. 109
  Human Evolution and Prehistoric Art	p. 109
  The Fundamentality of Mimesis	p. 112
  Anthropological Perspectives	p. 114
  The Cognitive Psychology of Music	p. 117
  The Integrative Nature of Perception	p. 118
  The Psychology and Physiology of Emotion	p. 121
  Neurological Case Studies	p. 123
  The Modular Mind and the Diversity of the Arts	p. 127
  Clinical Psychology--Madness and Modernism	p. 129
  Extension and Application of Rand's Theory
  The Myth of "Abstract Art"	p. 133
  Pioneers: Kandinsky, Malevich, and Mondrian	p. 134
  Theoretical Revisionism	p. 146
  Abstract Expressionism	p. 151
  Abstract Sculpture	p. 168
  Polling the People	p. 172
  Photography: An Invented "Art"	p. 180
  Rand's Argument	p. 180
  What Photography Is	p. 182
  Historical Considerations	p. 184
  Contemporary Critical Views	p. 186
  Architecture: "Art" or "Design"?	p. 189
  Rand's Theoretical Position	p. 190
  Batteux's Classification	p. 191
  D'Alembert's Error	p. 192
  The Nature of Architecture	p. 194
  Decorative Art and Craft	p. 201
  Rand's View	p. 202
  Historical Influences	p. 204
  American Indian Artifacts	p. 205
  Quilts and Feminist Art History	p. 206
  The Art and Artifacts of Africa	p. 208
  Contemporary Crafts as "Art"	p. 211
  Avant-Garde Music and Dance	p. 214
  Avant-Garde Trends in Music	p. 214
  Avant-Garde Dance: Merce Cunningham	p. 225
  Dance: The "Silent Partner of Music"	p. 229
  Cunningham's Progeny	p. 231
  Ice Dancing	p. 239
  The Literary Arts and Film	p. 241
  James Joyce	p. 243
  Samuel Beckett	p. 246
  John Ashbery	p. 250
  The Art of Film	p. 254
  Postmodernism in the "Visual Arts"	p. 262
  The Long Shadow of Duchamp	p. 263
  Pop Art	p. 265
  Conceptual Art	p. 270
  Assemblage Art and Installation Art	p. 273
  Performance Art	p. 275
  Video Art	p. 278
  Postmodernism and Photography	p. 280
  The Future: Art and Technology	p. 281
  Public Implications	p. 283
  Government Subsidy of the Arts	p. 283
  Corporate Support	p. 287
  Art and the Law	p. 289
  Teaching the Arts to Children	p. 297
  New Forms of Art	p. 317
  Artworld Buzz Words	p. 318
  The New York Times--"The Arts"	p. 322
  Notes	p. 325
  Bibliography	p. 479
  Index	p. 505
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ISBN	9780812693737 ( 0812693736 )
발행(출시)일자	2000년 05월 15일
쪽수	450쪽
크기	151 * 229 * 28 mm / 717 g
총권수	1권
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