The Creation of Art: New Essays in Philosophical Aesthetics

ISBN-13: 9780521812344 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 304 str.

Gaut, Berys

Opis

Although creativity, from Plato onwards, has been recognized as a topic in philosophy, it has been overshadowed by investigations of the meanings and values of works of art. A distinguished roster of philosophers of art reviews this trend in this collection of essays. The collection appeals to philosophers of art and theorists in art history, cinema studies and literary criticism.

Recenzje

'There is plenty here to help us begin to understand what it was we acquired fifty thousand years ago. That is to say, this book will not answer all your questions about creativity, and that is its virtue.' The Philosophical Quarterly

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Introduction: the creation of art: issues and perspectives Berys Gaut and Paisley Livingston; 1. How to create a fictional character Peter Lamarque; 2. Drawings as drawn: an approach to creation in an art Patrick Maynard; 3. Pentimento Paisley Livingston; 4. Exemplary originality: genius, universality and individuality Paul Guyer; 5. The inexplicable: some thoughts after Kant Ted Cohen; 6. Creativity and imagination Berys Gaut; 7. Explanations of creativity David Novitz; 8. Culture, convention and creativity Stein Haugom Olsen; 9. Art, creativity and tradition Noël Carroll; 10. Elster on artistic creativity Jerrold Levinson; 11. The transfiguration of classical Hollywood norms: on Von Sternberg's last films with Dietrich George Wilson; List of contributors; Index.