A Realist Theory of Art History

A Realist Theory of Art History
Title A Realist Theory of Art History PDF eBook
Author Ian Verstegen
Publisher Routledge
Pages 194
Release 2013-01-03
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1135099626

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As the theoretical alignments within academia shift, this book introduces a surprising variety of realism to abolish the old positivist-theory dichotomy that has haunted Art History. Demanding frankly the referential detachment of the objects under study, the book proposes a stratified, multi-causal account of art history that addresses postmodern concerns while saving it from its errors of self-refutation. Building from the very basic distinction between intransitive being and transitive knowing, objects can be affirmed as real while our knowledge of them is held to be fallible. Several focused chapters address basic problems while introducing philosophical reflection into art history. These include basic ontological distinctions between society and culture, general and “special” history, the discontinuity of cultural objects, the importance of definition for special history, scales, facets and fiat objects as forms of historical structure, the nature of evidence and proof, historical truth and controversies. Stressing Critical Realism as the stratified, multi-causal approach needed for productive research today in the academy, this book creates the subject of the ontology of art history and sets aside a theoretical space for metaphysical reflection, thus clarifying the usually muddy distinction between theory, methodology, and historiography in art history.

The Space that Separates: A Realist Theory of Art

The Space that Separates: A Realist Theory of Art
Title The Space that Separates: A Realist Theory of Art PDF eBook
Author Nick Wilson
Publisher Routledge
Pages 222
Release 2019-08-23
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1317432177

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The Space that Separates: A Realist Theory of Art radically challenges our assumptions about what art is, what art does, who is doing it, and why it matters. Rejecting the modernist and market-driven misconception that art is only what artists do, Wilson instead presents a realist case for living artfully. Art is defined as the skilled practice of giving shareable form to our experiences of being-in-relation with the real; that is to say, the causally generative domain of the world that extends beyond our direct observation, comprising relations, structures, mechanisms, possibilities, powers, processes, systems, forces, values, ways of being. In communicating such aesthetic experience we behold life’s betweenness – "the space that separates", so coming to know ourselves as connected. Providing the first dedicated and comprehensive account of art and aesthetics from a critical realist perspective – Aesthetic Critical Realism (ACR), Wilson argues for a profound paradigm shift in how we understand and care for culture in terms of our system(s) of value recognition. Fortunately, we have just the right tool to help us achieve this transformation – and it’s called art. Offering novel explanatory accounts of art, aesthetic experience, value, play, culture, creativity, artistic truth and beauty, this book will appeal to a wide audience of students and scholars of art, aesthetics, human development, philosophy and critical realism, as well as cultural practitioners and policy-makers.

Experiments in Modern Realism

Experiments in Modern Realism
Title Experiments in Modern Realism PDF eBook
Author Alex Potts
Publisher
Pages 494
Release 2013
Genre Art
ISBN

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Subject: The case for realism -- The new painting in America -- Vernacular modernism -- New brutalism and the 'as found' -- New realism and pop art -- Composite painting -- Assemblages and world making -- Art and life: happenings -- Hybrid practices and political art

Realism

Realism
Title Realism PDF eBook
Author Linda Nochlin
Publisher CUP Archive
Pages 360
Release 1971
Genre Art, Modern
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Art History and Its Institutions

Art History and Its Institutions
Title Art History and Its Institutions PDF eBook
Author Elizabeth Mansfield
Publisher Routledge
Pages 360
Release 2005-08-18
Genre Art
ISBN 1134585020

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Art History and Its Institutions focuses on the institutional discourses that shaped and continue to shape the field from its foundations in the nineteenth century. From museums and universities to law courts, labour organizations and photography studios, contributors examine a range of institutions, considering their impact on movements such as modernism; their role in conveying or denying legitimacy; and their impact on defining the parameters of the discipline.

Art's Realism in the Post-Truth Era

Art's Realism in the Post-Truth Era
Title Art's Realism in the Post-Truth Era PDF eBook
Author Amanda Boetzkes
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
Pages 541
Release 2024-05-31
Genre
ISBN 1399524143

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Arguing for the necessity of taking art's contribution to contemporary realism seriously, this edited collection intervenes on contemporary debates about realism by demonstrating that the arts do not simply illustrate philosophical theories. The significance of art's realism in times characterised by the normalisation of fake, manipulated and distorted representations of reality can only be fully understood by attending to the ways that the arts mediate, visualise and even shape reality. Each chapter features a different approach to realism and its aesthetic dimensions not only in the visual arts, but also in sound art, film, scientific imaging and literature.

The Poverty of Anti-realism

The Poverty of Anti-realism
Title The Poverty of Anti-realism PDF eBook
Author Tor Egil Førland
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 247
Release 2023-09-05
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1666933635

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Due to the influence of postmodernism, historical anti-realism has come to exercise a massive influence in contemporary philosophy of history. Edited by Tor Egil Førland and Branko Mitrović, The Povery of Anti-realism: Critical Perspectives on Postmodernist Philosophy of History presents perspectives that oppose anti-realist understanding of historians' work. The first part of the book gives an overview of contemporary anti-realist philosophy of history and shows that its claims are either so wide-ranging that they apply to all scientific knowledge, or pertain only to a select part of historians’ work. In the second part, the authors criticize major anti-realist tenets. These include: the assertion that the colligatory concepts historians use are without reference in the past; the idea that historical facts are theory-dependent and therefore unable to upend prevailing theories; Paul Roth’s application of Nelson Goodman’s “irrealist” theory of worldmaking to suggest a plurality of pasts; and the belief that multiple describability prevents historians from providing true and testable accounts of the past. The third and final part shows that the political implications of anti-realism are often other than left-leaning anti-realists think. Their reactions when confronted with the consequences of their theories indicate the inconsistency and untenability of postmodernist philosophy of history.