Ideas from 'Art' by Clive Bell [1913], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Art' by Bell,Clive [nk 2010,]].
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 2. Aesthetic Attitude
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Good art produces exaltation and detachment
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty
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The word 'beauty' leads to confusion, because it denotes distinct emotions
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 5. Natural Beauty
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Our feeling for natural beauty is different from the aesthetic emotion of art
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We only see landscapes as artistic if we ignore their instrumental value
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 6. The Sublime
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Visual form can create a sublime mental state
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21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 1. Defining Art
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Aestheticism invites artist to create beauty, but with no indication of how to do it
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Art is the expression of an emotion for ultimate reality
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21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 2. Art as Form
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Only artists can discern significant form; other people must look to art to find it [Gardner]
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Maybe significant form gives us a feeling for ultimate reality
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Significant form is the essence of art, which I believe expresses an emotion about reality
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'Form' is visual relations, and it is 'significant' if it moves us aesthetically; art needs both [Feagin]
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21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression
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The only expression art could have is the emotion resulting from pure form
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21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 2. Copies of Art
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Mere copies of pictures are not significant - unless the copies are very exact
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21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 4. Emotion in Art
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Art is distinguished by its aesthetic emotion, which produces appropriate form
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21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 6. Value of Art
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Aesthetic contemplation is the best and most intense mental state
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Aesthetic experience is an exaltation which increases the possibilities of life
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21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality
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Only artistic qualities matter in art, because they also have the highest moral value
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief
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Religion sees infinite value in some things, and irrelevance in the rest
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