Susanne K. Langer and the Definition of Art
This essay aims to analyze the conception of a work of art in the thought of Susanne K. Langer. The author offers us a definition of art, grounded on the idea that art is the “creation of symbolic forms of human feeling”. This thesis is, in turn, constructed from a robust theory of the symbolic func...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Warsaw
2019-04-01
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| Series: | Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture |
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| Online Access: | http://eidos.uw.edu.pl/susanne-k-langer-and-the-definition-of-art/ |