Aesthetics and art criticism : the role of emotion in art /
Bernard Hoffert.
- vi, 122 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Includes index.
The Nature of Art -- Art and Experience -- Emotion and Perception -- Emotion and Identification of Meaning -- Feeling and Objectivity -- Perception and Us -- Appreciating Art -- Feelings and the Creation of Art -- Criticism and Perception -- Criticism and Emotional Insight -- Criticism, Aesthetics and Emotion.
Aesthetics deals with perception - how we take information from art, emotional communication, the type of experience appreciating art involves and what constitutes good art. Criticism is the application of this; using language to express judgements of aesthetic merit on artworks. -- Back Cover
Senior secondary school students.
0582807875 : $12.95
Art appreciation. Aesthetics. Art--Philosophy. Art criticism.