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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Basic distinctions

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Schematizing abstraction

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Nonfigurative or nonobjective abstraction

Bibliography

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Intellectual and expressive values in abstract art

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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

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Interpreting abstract art

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2

Basic distinctions

Bibliography

6

The limits of abstract art

1

The history of the category

4

Nonfigurative or nonobjective abstraction

5

Intellectual and expressive values in abstract art

Thematic

Art, abstract

REVISED

By Brown, John H.

Article Summary ...

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Copies vs. originals: who cares?

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Further cases

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The effect of universal accessibility to art

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

Bibliography

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Painterly and sculptural ‘hyperrealism’: new forms of verisimilitude

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A quality criterion: serious art

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Motives for abstracting: (a) downplaying craftsmanship

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

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Widening the perspective

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The distorting effect of false status allotments

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The effect of photography and its kin

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Ultimate limits on classification

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A causal criterion

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

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Issues facing the present study of abstract art

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 ...

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Response-related realist conceptions of beauty

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Specimen issues concerning beauty

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Beauty as an intrinsic property

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Areas of general agreement about beauty

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Restoration of beauty as a theoretical subject

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Subjectivism and relativism regarding beauty

Bibliography

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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