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New bearings in esthetics and art criticism; a study in semantics and evaluation
- Title
- New bearings in esthetics and art criticism; a study in semantics and evaluation, by Bernard C. Heyl.
- Author
- Heyl, Bernard Chapman, 1905-
- Publication
- New Haven, Pub. for Wellesley College by Yale University Press; London, H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1943.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 172 pages diagram; 21 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Art criticism
- Art criticism.
- Critiques d'art.
- Bibliography (note)
- "Selected bibliography": p. [159]-165.
- Contents
- Part I. Problems in meaning -- I. The semantic background -- II. "Art" and "beauty" -- Multiple meanings -- Volitional definitions and propositions -- Real definitions -- Exaggerated uses -- Laudatory uses -- III. "Artistic truth" -- "Truth" as an undefined term -- "Truth" as scientific fact -- "Truth" as artistic sincerity -- "Truth" as artistic consistency -- "Truth" as artistic insight -- Part II. Problems in evaluation -- I. Objectivism -- Uniformity in expert value judgments? -- An intrinsic common quale in beauty and esthetic quality? -- The intention of the artist -- Two analogical arguments -- II. Subjectivism -- III. Relativism -- "Logical" relativism -- "Psychological" and "sociological" relativism -- The relevancy of criteria -- "Intentional" and "qualitative" evaluation.
- LCCN
- a 43003701
- x281059275
- OCLC
- ocm00510871
- 510871
- SCSB-2115811
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library