Thematic

Art, abstract

By Brown, John H.

The use of the term ‘abstract’ as a category of visual art dates from the second decade of the twentieth century, when painters and sculptors had turned away ...

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The history of the category

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Nonfigurative or nonobjective abstraction

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Bibliography

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Intellectual and expressive values in abstract art

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Basic distinctions

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Schematizing abstraction

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The limits of abstract art

Thematic

Art, abstract

REVISED

By Brown, John H.

The widespread use of the term ‘abstract’ for a category of visual art dates from the second decade of the twentieth century, when painters and sculptors had turned ...

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Schematizing abstraction

5

Intellectual and expressive values in abstract art

6 further relevant matches

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The history of the category

2

Basic distinctions

6

The limits of abstract art

4

Nonfigurative or nonobjective abstraction

Bibliography

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Interpreting abstract art

Thematic

Art, abstract

REVISED

By Brown, John H.

Article Summary ...

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Motives for abstracting: (a) downplaying craftsmanship

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A causal criterion

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The effect of universal accessibility to art

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Radical movements beyond abstraction: making one’s body into art

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Motives for abstracting: (b) celebrating impermanence, scorning saleability

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Issues facing the present study of abstract art

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Copies vs. originals: who cares?

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Widening the perspective

Bibliography

5

Further cases

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Ultimate limits on classification

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The distorting effect of false status allotments

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A quality criterion: serious art

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Painterly and sculptural ‘hyperrealism’: new forms of verisimilitude

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The effect of photography and its kin

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What exactly is the polar opposite of abstract painting in Europe, where the category of abstract art emerged?

Thematic

Beauty

By Brown, John H.

On the subject of beauty, theorists generally agree only on rudimentary points about the term: that it commends on aesthetic grounds, has absolute and comparative forms, and so ...

Bibliography

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Specimen issues concerning beauty

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Subjectivism and relativism regarding beauty

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Areas of general agreement about beauty

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Response-related realist conceptions of beauty

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Beauty as an intrinsic property

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Restoration of beauty as a theoretical subject

Thematic

Beauty

REVISED

By Brown, John H.

On the subject of beauty, theorists generally agree only on rudimentary points about the term: that it commends on aesthetic grounds, has absolute and comparative forms, applies to ...

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