Art and Recollection

Autor/in	Carroll, Noel
Titel	Art and Recollection
Quelle	In: Journal of Aesthetic Education, 39 (2005) 2, S.1-12 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8510
Schlagwörter	Art; Aesthetics; Role; Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arts; Kunst; Ästhetik; Rollen; Theory; Theorie
Abstract	Modern aesthetic theory maintains that a work is an artwork if it is intended to afford aesthetic experiences that are valuable for their own sake. The author claims that such a definition eliminates from art most of the poetry, novels, films, and music that have been produced in the world. The author examines several responses to his claim from aesthetic theory, particularly that (1) art affords aesthetic experience better than any other practice affords it, and (2) affording aesthetic experience is what art does best. The author rebuts the first response by noting the aesthetic power of the appreciation of nature. Against the second, he postulates that what art does best is to enculturate. Examples cited of this function range from the ancient Greek memorial to Marathon to the Lincoln Memorial. It should be noted that this important enculturating function does not preclude other functions, such as celebrating strength and fostering healing. Furthermore, these functions of social utility do not eliminate the aesthetic function. However, modernism's aesthetic theories, which have disconnected art from social functions, need to be reevaluated. A new theory that embeds art in wider social projects would benefit society, art, and aesthetics. (Author).
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