Forms of enlightenment in art

Open Angle Books

2010

1 vol. (XV-211 p.)

24 cm

anglais

978-0-9567623-0-6

In opposition to the ideas of mimesis that we find in Aristotle's Poetics and Plato's Republic, this essay presents a new conception of art as a form of knowledge. In this respect, art is the portrayal of reflective life in action. This theory is demonstrated in connection with the work of Sophocles, Shakespeare, Bach, Beethoven, Turner and Cézanne. Interpretations of twenty-seven works of art explore the meaning and significance of each complete work as a representation of life. Reflective life is defined as a life that is valued in itself, and the analysis of art in this book shows how the portrayal of reflective life in action reveals the interconnection between inner experience, the form of reflective life and the life-defining forms of a community. (site éd.)

1. Mimesis and the portrayal of reflective life in action. Aristotle's Poetics and Sophocles' Oedipus the King --- 2. The portrayal of reflective life in action in poetry. Shakespeare's dramatization of the poet in sonnets 1-126 --- 3. The portrayal of reflective life in action in music. Bach's Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1) and Beethoven's String Quartet in A minor, opus 132 --- 4. The portrayal of reflective life in action in painting. Discovery of the inner life of sensory perception in watercolours by Turner and oil paintings by Cézanne

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