Phenomenology of the Visual Arts (Even the Frame)

by Paul Crowther

Book Overview

Why are the visual arts so important and what is it that makes their forms significant? Countering recent interpretations of meaning that understand visual artworks on the model of literary texts, Crowther formulates a theory of the visual arts based on what their creation achieves both cognitively and aesthetically. He develops a phenomenology that emphasizes how visual art gives unique aesthetic expression to factors that are basic to perception...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804776024
• ISBN13: 9780804776028
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"