Frances, Good observation. Boris Shoshensky ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Frances Kelly" <[email protected]> To: "Aesthetics List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Worringer: Abstraction and Empathy Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 10:33:08 -0400
Frances to Michael and others... The key philosophic support for the Worringer theory of abstraction and empathy in art would seem to be a form of "subjective relativism" at least as this stance is understood by me. The core idea behind "subjective relativism" is that the person is held to be brought into a relative relation mainly with their own subjective feeling or sense of the objective artwork, rather than mainly with the artwork that they feel or sense. It is hence the experienced sense of their feeling that is deemed to be the origin and cause of what may be aesthetic and artistic about the object encountered. The artwork therefore is claimed to be necessary and even efficient, but not sufficient to satisfy the tenets of this theory. The felt sense is indeed the dominant and determinate factor. If the object fails to excite or entice or evoke this felt sense, then the object is likely found to be other than art. The theory framed as such seems to be simply a bad way to generally classify objects as artworks. In its defense, this psychic theory however with its philosophic support is nonetheless a good means to address specific issues turning on such particular issues as the individual feeling of form in ordinary objects that aspire to be found as lofty art. In any event, my search will continue to seek out other reviews of the theory. ____________________________________________________________ Largest network of startups. Find new startup opportunities. Click here. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/BLSrjpYRRcTIxuUqOJmBNI5vx1zL8L 1vpErcZHEpnuoNACzzBvrwe0L3SPe/
