Stejskal, Jakub <br/><br/>
Objects of Authority  A Postformalist Aesthetics 

 -  Taylor & Francis  Routledge [Imprint]  2022 
 - 1 online resource 
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<br/><br/> Is the celebrated elegance of Cycladic marble figurines an effect their Early Bronze Age producers intended? Can one adequately appreciate an Assyrian regal statue described by a cuneiform inscription as beautiful? What to make of the apparent aesthetic richness of the traditional cultures of Melanesia, which, however, engage in virtually no recognizable aesthetic discourse? Questions such as these have been formulated and discussed by scholars of remote cultures against the backdrop of a general scepticism about the prospects of escaping the conditioning of one's own aesthetic culture and attuning to the norms of a remote one. This book makes a radical move: it treats the remote observers lack of aesthetic insight not as a hindrance to aesthetic analysis, but as a condition requiring an aesthetic theory that would make room for an aesthetic analysis independent of the model of competent aesthetic judgement or appreciation. Objects of Authority represents a rare effort at bringing together methods and concepts that are often addressed by separate disciplines. It will appeal to scholars and advanced students working on philosophical, art-historical, and anthropological theories of visual art and material culture. 
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<br/><br/><br/>eng 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781003213406 9781032072098 9781032100500 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4324/9781003213406  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Humanities<br/>Philosophy: aesthetics<br/>Philosophy<br/>The arts: general topics<br/>The Arts
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Acheulean handaxes aesthetic archaeology aesthetic objects aesthetic status artifacts Assyrian statues contextualist aesthetics Cycladic marble figures David Summers form formalist aesthetics Jakub Stejskal Late Gothic monochrome wooden sculptures medium postformalism postformalist aesthetic remote cultures remote objects split representation universal style vertical bilateral symmetry Whitney Davis