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'A lucid well-organized expose of the theory and the manner of its
development.' Times Literary Supplement This remarkable book is a
biography of an unusual kind. It is at once the life of a mind at
work, and the story of a long and intricate process of discovery.
It takes the form of a stern and uncompromising analysis, and yet
the author is so much in tune with his subject that the
personality, and even the feelings, of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
and his contemporaries emerge from that analysis. Readers will also
sense the effect of the frightening enlargement of the known area
of human unhappiness that Freud's work revealed.
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Painting as an Art
Richard Wollheim
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R1,077
Discovery Miles 10 770
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One of the twentieth century’s most influential texts on
philosophical aesthetics Painting as an Art is acclaimed
philosopher Richard Wollheim’s encompassing vision of how to view
art. Transcending the traditional boundaries of art history,
Wollheim draws on his three great passions—philosophy,
psychology, and art—to present an illuminating theory of the very
experience of art. He shows how to unlock the meaning of a painting
by retrieving—almost reenacting—the creative activity that
produced it. In order to fully appreciate a work of art, Wollheim
argues, critics must bring a much richer conception of human
psychology than they have in the past. This classic book points the
way to discovering what is most profound and subtle about paintings
by major artists such as Titian, Bellini, and de Kooning.
Adrian Stokes was one of the twentieth century's finest and most
discriminating writers on art. Of over twenty works of art
criticism, Michelangelo was considered by Lawrence Gowing to be the
most complete he ever wrote, presenting an understanding of the
great artist that no one subsequently could afford to ignore.
Stokes brings to bear in this work not only twenty-five years'
study and appreciation of Italian Renaissance art and of
aesthetics, but also a unique psychological perspective, as he
explains in his introduction, which enables him to uncover the
depths of the artist's personality. The subtlety of feeling and
profound knowledge of sculpture which Sir Herbert Read admired in
Stokes's work is also combined with a literary style perfected
through his own poetry and criticism. Presenting a unique survey of
his subject's literary as well as his artistic legacy, Stokes
succeeds, as no other has before or since, in his aim of bringing
Michelangelo's greatness into nearer view.
'The importance of Stokes is he asserted that art is extremely important for our sanity.' - Eric Rhode on BBC 'Kaleidoscope'
'This is a book I hope to read at least once, if not twice, more. I think Adrian Stokes has made a new, deep and penetrating contribution to present-day art criticism' - Henry Moore
'Michelangelo's artistic personality has been profoundly read. It will be difficult to be content again with any view that does not look into its depth, or with one which does not see the man's life, his visual works and his poetry together.' - Lawrence Gowing
'So tightly packed with meaning that it must be read more than once - I myself have read it three times, and with each reading have found increased understanding and pleasure' - Herbert Read
Leading philosopher Richard Wollheim recruits into service the
insights of literature and of psychoanalysis, as well as of
philosophy, in this rich and thought-provoking account of the
emotions. Starting from the premise that emotions form a distinct
psychological category, Wollheim argues that they are-like beliefs
and desires-dispositions or underlying forces in the mind that
erupt from time to time into the stream of consciousness. However,
to assimilate emotions to beliefs or to desires or to some
combination of the two is quite wrong. Emotions are attitudes or
orientations to the world, says the author, and in this regard they
are naturally associated with the imagination. The book considers
what emotions are, how they arise in our lives, and how standard
and "moral" emotions differ. Wollheim writes within the analytic
tradition, yet decisively abandons a number of assumptions
associated with that tradition and instead develops what he calls
the psychologization, or repsychologization, of the emotions.
Addressing repsychologization of the mind and its contents as a
major theme, the author offers sustained discussion of the opinions
of Sartre, William James, Freud, Melanie Klein, Stendhal,
Montaigne, and Bertrand Russell.
Richard Wollheim's classic reflection on art considers central
questions regarding expression, representation, style, the
significance of the artist's intention and the essentially
historical nature of art. Presented in a fresh series livery for
the twenty-first century, with a specially commissioned preface
written by Richard Eldridge, illuminating its continuing importance
and relevance to philosophical enquiry, Art and its Objects
continues to be a perceptive and engaging introduction to the
questions and philosophical issues raised by works of art and the
part they play in our culture and society. Wollheim's insights into
theories of art, criticism, perception and the nature of aesthetic
value make this one of the most influential works on aesthetics of
the twentieth century.
Richard Wollheim's classic reflection on art considers central
questions regarding expression, representation, style, the
significance of the artist's intention and the essentially
historical nature of art. Presented in a fresh series livery for
the twenty-first century, with a specially commissioned preface
written by Richard Eldridge, illuminating its continuing importance
and relevance to philosophical enquiry, Art and its Objects
continues to be a perceptive and engaging introduction to the
questions and philosophical issues raised by works of art and the
part they play in our culture and society. Wollheim's insights into
theories of art, criticism, perception and the nature of aesthetic
value make this one of the most influential works on aesthetics of
the twentieth century.
In this distinguished book, first published in 1984, Richard
Wollheim offers an original approach to the philosophical
understanding of a person. Countering prevailing theories on the
nature of persons, Wollheim submits an account of the mind
dynamically conceived and proposes that we take as fundamental the
process of living as a person. To illuminate this process, the
author draws on psychoanalysis and literature, in particular the
case studies of Freud and the writings of Proust. "Wollheim's is a
very original and extremely interesting approach to the philosophy
of the mind, bringing together three areas of reflection not often
combined: the philosophy of mind, psychoanalysis, and
ethics."-Bernard Williams, University of California, Berkeley
"There are only a few people who can write intelligently and
insightfully about psychoanalysis and philosophy. Richard Wollheim
is pre-eminent."-Jonathan Lear, University of Chicago
Philosophers are increasingly coming to recognize the importance of
Freudian theory for the understanding of the mind. The picture
Freud presents of the mind's growth and organization holds
implications not just for such perennial questions as the relation
of mind and body, the nature of memory and personal identity, the
interplay of cognitive and affective processes in reasoning and
acting, but also for the very way in which these questions are
conceived and an interpretation of the mind is sought. This volume
of essays, by some of today's leading philosophers, explores all
these topics, as well as the methods, results and status of the
theory itself, while two 'classical' discussions by Wittgenstein
and Sartre are also included. A number of the contributions - those
by Donald Davidson, W. D. Hart, Jim Hopkins, Adam Morton, David
Pears and Richard Wollheim - have not been published before, and a
very useful bibliography is provided. It is an anthology that will
be vital to anyone interested in Freudian theory and, more
generally, in philosophical psychology.
The mind as it is manifested in philosophy and art, in the moral
life and psychoanalysis, has always been at the core of Richard
Wollheim's celebrated work. This book brings together Wollheim's
broad and abiding concerns to illuminate human thought at its
furthest reaches of introspection and expression. Interweaving
philosophy, psychoanalysis, and aesthetics, these essays reveal the
critical connections between ideas and disciplines too often
regarded as separate and distinct.
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