Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics

Flashcards covering key concepts about art and aesthetic philosophy.

High vs low art is similar to the distinction between vs .

art vs non-art

Cohen states that the distinction of high and low art is yet .

philosophically indefensible yet practically indispensable

Danto critiques __ Theory for claiming that art is essentially an imitation of appearances.

Imitation Theory (IT)

An artwork becomes art when the __ recognizes it as such.

artworld

Abell defines art as something that is an artwork iff it is recognized by an __.

art institution

A functionalist approach defines art by its value and expression of .

aesthetic; emotion

Gaut proposes that art is defined by a concept, where satisfying more criteria means something is more clearly art.

cluster

Street art uses the street as an artistic resource in a way that is essential to its __.

meaning

Levinson's positive theory defines a musical work as a __ structure-as-indicated-by-X-at-t.

S/PM

Hume believes that true judges must have delicacy of taste, practice and comparison, and __.

freedom from prejudice

Grant argues that criticism's aim is to enhance appreciation of artworks by deepening or .

understanding; experience

Isenberg’s tripartite model includes V for verdict, R for reason, and __ for the qualities aimed at in criticism.

N (norm)

Bell thinks that all great art triggers an emotional response called __ emotion.

aesthetic

Sibley differentiates between non-aesthetic terms, which are __, and aesthetic terms, which are __.

objective; subjective

According to Zangwill, moderate formalism acknowledges that some works have purely formal properties while others have a mix of and properties.

formal; non-formal

Nehamas believes that art appreciation can lead to recognizing beautiful or beautiful after physical beauty.

minds; knowledge