Essays about: "Art and the Sublime"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Art and the Sublime.

  1. 1. The Sublime as an Aesthetic Experience of Art : The Aesthetic Experience of Mark Rothko's Abstract Paintings

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Vendela Haviland; [2022]
    Keywords : Mark Rothko; Aesthetics; Philosophy of Art; Sublime; Kant; Kantian Sublime; Philosophy of Painting; Art and the Sublime; Aesthetic Experience of Art; Abstract Painting; Abstract Expressionism; Philosophy of Abstract Art; Aesthetic Experience of Abstract Art; Mark Rothko; Abstrakt konst; estetisk upplevelse; sublim; Kant;

    Abstract : The following work investigates the nature of the aesthetic experience of the abstract expressionist paintings of Mark Rothko. I suggest that the aesthetic experience in relation to his paintings best is understood in terms of the sublime. READ MORE

  3. 2. Who's there? : monologues on painting, indexicality and perception. A thinking process.

    University essay from Konstfack/Institutionen för Konst (K)

    Author : Eva Spikbacka; [2021]
    Keywords : art; painting; contemporary; perception; labour; aesthetics; the sublime; Immanuel Kant; Rudolf Otto; ugliness; indexicality;

    Abstract : What we encounter in painting is not so much the authentically revealed self of the painter, but rather signs that insinuate that this absent self is somewhat present in it. /Isabelle Graw/ So, then what is a painting? Perhaps it is all about time, a certain amount of time in the constant murmuring stream of consciousness and the unconscious. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Question of Taste : Psychoanalytic Explorations of Aesthetic Dislike and Bourdieu’s Distinction

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Marco Rep; [2021]
    Keywords : Bourdieu; distinction; Ferenczi; Freud; jouissance; Lacan; objet a; psychoanalysis; symptom; taste.;

    Abstract : This dissertation approaches the question of taste and aesthetic dislike from a combined sociological and psychoanalytic perspective. Building on Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology of art (most notably La distinction from 1979), I attempt to reconcile a view of aesthetic judgments as acts of distinction with a legitimate subjective dimension of aesthetic enjoyment. READ MORE

  5. 4. Experiencing visual art

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Anette Lovar; [2020]
    Keywords : Neuroaesthetics; pleasure; reward; emotional well-being; visual art;

    Abstract : Visual art is important for humans. Most people have an interest in visiting art museums, and they spend both time and money on artworks. Appreciating visual art can have an effect on several psychological states, such as pleasure, emotions of wonder, awe, and the sublime. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Merging of Costumes, Voice & Transcendence

    University essay from Konstfack/Textil

    Author : Amanda Varhaugvik; [2020]
    Keywords : performance art; costume; voice; transcendence; the sublime;

    Abstract : I am an interdisciplinary artist working with a merging of costumes and voice through the performance art medium. In this masters degree project I present costume as the main performer and look at the ability for my performance to create a transcendent experience in a secular art context. READ MORE