Empathy and Aesthetics: Edvard Munch and the Paradox of Pictorial Thinking
The article investigates the relationship between empathy and aesthetics from a dual perspective. First, I discuss a painting by the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, Weeping Nude [Gråtende akt] (1913–14), through the lens of 19th century theories on aesthetic empathy, primarily as formulated by Theod...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Norwegian Bokmål |
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Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Kunst og Kultur |
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| Online Access: | https://www.idunn.no/kk/2018/04/empathy_and_aesthetics_edvard_munch_and_the_paradox_of_pic |