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100 1 _aStejskal, Jakub
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245 1 0 _aObjects of Authority
_bA Postformalist Aesthetics
260 _bTaylor & Francis
_bRoutledge [Imprint]
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
_btxt
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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506 0 _aFree-to-read
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520 _aIs 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.
540 _aOpen licence
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546 _aeng
650 7 _aHumanities
_2thema
650 7 _aPhilosophy: aesthetics
_2thema
650 7 _aPhilosophy
_2thema
650 7 _aThe arts: general topics
_2thema
650 7 _aThe Arts
_2thema
653 _aAcheulean handaxes
653 _aaesthetic archaeology
653 _aaesthetic objects
653 _aaesthetic status
653 _aartifacts
653 _aAssyrian statues
653 _acontextualist aesthetics
653 _aCycladic marble figures
653 _aDavid Summers
653 _aform
653 _aformalist aesthetics
653 _aJakub Stejskal
653 _aLate Gothic monochrome wooden sculptures
653 _amedium
653 _apostformalism
653 _apostformalist aesthetic
653 _aremote cultures
653 _aremote objects
653 _asplit representation
653 _auniversal style
653 _avertical bilateral symmetry
653 _aWhitney Davis
700 1 _aStejskal, Jakub
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793 0 _aOAPEN Library.
856 4 0 _uhttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58582
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