Ideas of Clive Bell, by Theme

[British, fl. 1914, Writer on aesthetics, and prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group.]

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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 2. Aesthetic Attitude
Good art produces exaltation and detachment
21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty
The word 'beauty' leads to confusion, because it denotes distinct emotions
21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 5. Natural Beauty
Our feeling for natural beauty is different from the aesthetic emotion of art
We only see landscapes as artistic if we ignore their instrumental value
21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 6. The Sublime
Visual form can create a sublime mental state
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 1. Defining Art
Aestheticism invites artist to create beauty, but with no indication of how to do it
Art is the expression of an emotion for ultimate reality
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 2. Art as Form
Only artists can discern significant form; other people must look to art to find it [Gardner]
Maybe significant form gives us a feeling for ultimate reality
Significant form is the essence of art, which I believe expresses an emotion about reality
'Form' is visual relations, and it is 'significant' if it moves us aesthetically; art needs both [Feagin]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression
The only expression art could have is the emotion resulting from pure form
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 2. Copies of Art
Mere copies of pictures are not significant - unless the copies are very exact
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 4. Emotion in Art
Art is distinguished by its aesthetic emotion, which produces appropriate form
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 6. Value of Art
Aesthetic contemplation is the best and most intense mental state
Aesthetic experience is an exaltation which increases the possibilities of life
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality
Only artistic qualities matter in art, because they also have the highest moral value
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief
Religion sees infinite value in some things, and irrelevance in the rest