28 ideas
20339 | Classes rarely share properties with their members - unlike universals and types [Wollheim] |
12887 | A whole must have one characteristic, an internal relation, and a structure [Rescher/Oppenheim] |
20338 | We often treat a type as if it were a sort of token [Wollheim] |
20429 | Most of us are too close to our own motives to understand them [Fry] |
20342 | Interpretation is performance for some arts, and critical for all arts [Wollheim] |
20424 | Imaginative life requires no action, so new kinds of perception and values emerge in art [Fry] |
20427 | Everyone reveals an aesthetic attitude, looking at something which only exists to be seen [Fry] |
20343 | A love of nature must precede a love of art [Wollheim] |
20433 | 'Beauty' can either mean sensuous charm, or the aesthetic approval of art (which may be ugly) [Fry] |
20430 | In life we neglect 'cosmic emotion', but it matters, and art brings it to the fore [Fry] |
20348 | A criterion of identity for works of art would be easier than a definition [Wollheim] |
20431 | Art needs a mixture of order and variety in its sensations [Fry] |
20347 | If beauty needs organisation, then totally simple things can't be beautiful [Wollheim] |
20423 | If graphic arts only aim at imitation, their works are only trivial ingenious toys [Fry] |
20428 | Popular opinion favours realism, yet most people never look closely at anything! [Fry] |
20345 | Some say art must have verbalisable expression, and others say the opposite! [Wollheim] |
20331 | It is claimed that the expressive properties of artworks are non-physical [Wollheim] |
20336 | Style can't be seen directly within a work, but appreciation needs a grasp of style [Wollheim] |
20337 | The traditional view is that knowledge of its genre to essential to appreciating literature [Wollheim] |
20333 | If artworks are not physical objects, they are either ideal entities, or collections of phenomena [Wollheim] |
20334 | The ideal theory says art is an intuition, shaped by a particular process, and presented in public [Wollheim] |
20335 | The ideal theory of art neglects both the audience and the medium employed [Wollheim] |
20340 | A musical performance has virtually the same features as the piece of music [Wollheim] |
20341 | An interpretation adds further properties to the generic piece of music [Wollheim] |
20432 | When viewing art, rather than flowers, we are aware of purpose, and sympathy with its creator [Fry] |
20332 | A drawing only represents Napoleon if the artist intended it to [Wollheim] |
20425 | In the cinema the emotions are weaker, but much clearer than in ordinary life [Fry] |
20426 | For pure moralists art must promote right action, and not just be harmless [Fry] |