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Nov 12, 2023 · Because Levinson’s artmaking intention is necessarily backward-looking, where a thing intended for regard-as-a-work-of-art rests on ways that artworks prior to it have been correctly regarded, a work that demands to be regarded in unprecedented ways will struggle to be regarded as art.
(4) the implicit insistence that art is necessarily backward-looking; Since Levinson’s paper has recently received some favourable press (e.g. see Noel Carroll, “Art, Practice, And Narrative”, Monist, pp.140-156, at p.155n.9), I think that
Apr 1, 1992 · Wollheim’s understanding of art’s historicity draws explicitly on the literature of theoretical art history. Via Wollheim, old art-historical problems will reappear as new philosophical...
Apr 13, 2023 · There are dozens of ways of looking at visual art, each shaped by the creators and the various contexts in which the pieces appear. None of them are wrong, but certain methods facilitate deeper connection and understanding. In today’s column, we’ll explore two approaches to looking at art.
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In the first episode of this six-part Working Scientist podcast series, Julie Gould explores the history of science and art, and asks researchers and artists to define what the two terms mean to them.
Like science, art is a way of asking questions about the world, says Jessica Bradford, head of collections and principal curator at the Science Museum in London. But unlike art, science is about interrogating the world in a way that is hopefully repeatable, adds UK-based artist Luke Jerram, who creates sculptures, installations and live artworks around the world.
Ljiljana Fruk, a bionanotechnology researcher at the University of Cambridge, UK, says artists can be more playful and work faster, whereas scientists need to repeatedly back up their work by data, a more time-consuming exercise. They are joined by Arthur I. Miller, a physicist who launched the UK’s first undergraduate degree in history and philosophy of science in 1993, and Nadav Drukker, a ceramic artist and theoretical physicist at King’s College London.
•How to shape a productive scientist–artist collaboration
•The sound of stars
Oct 21, 2020 · What is it, how did it get here, and why should we care even if we don't think we do? And we'll see how linear perspective changed art — and also became a trap. What is linear perspective?
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Art perception refers to how viewers sense, interpret, and assign meaning to works of art. It encompasses the intuitive gut reactions and nuanced critical analysis we apply in experiencing visual culture.
