Aesthetics and the Meaning of Artworks

When the conceptualist emphasis on meaning encouraged the divorce between art and the aesthetic over contemporary artistic practice and theory, recent broad conceptions of aesthetic experience and value are trying to reinvigorate the identification between them. This article reviews some of these ac...

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Main Author: Matilde Carrasco
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Università degli Studi di Torino 2015-06-01
Series:CoSMO
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Online Access:https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/COSMO/article/view/798
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description When the conceptualist emphasis on meaning encouraged the divorce between art and the aesthetic over contemporary artistic practice and theory, recent broad conceptions of aesthetic experience and value are trying to reinvigorate the identification between them. This article reviews some of these accounts in order to defend that while aesthetic value would include any meaning brought to or gained from an artwork, artworks’ significance goes beyond aesthetic experience and so, the artistic and the aesthetic should not be identified.
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spelling doaj.art-15e170d9b4f34fe9bc5a05122a08027f2022-12-21T18:30:57ZdeuUniversità degli Studi di TorinoCoSMO2281-66582015-06-01610.13135/2281-6658/798Aesthetics and the Meaning of ArtworksMatilde Carrasco0Universidad de MurciaWhen the conceptualist emphasis on meaning encouraged the divorce between art and the aesthetic over contemporary artistic practice and theory, recent broad conceptions of aesthetic experience and value are trying to reinvigorate the identification between them. This article reviews some of these accounts in order to defend that while aesthetic value would include any meaning brought to or gained from an artwork, artworks’ significance goes beyond aesthetic experience and so, the artistic and the aesthetic should not be identified.https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/COSMO/article/view/798aesthetic experienceaesthetic valueartistic meaningartistic value
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title Aesthetics and the Meaning of Artworks
title_full Aesthetics and the Meaning of Artworks
title_fullStr Aesthetics and the Meaning of Artworks
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title_short Aesthetics and the Meaning of Artworks
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