Art as Experience (World Philosophers and Their Works)
At a glance:
- Author: John Dewey
- First Published: 1934
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Context
Art as Experience is the most extensive and, many say, the best book on aesthetics from the pragmatic point of view. Dewey believed that aesthetic theory should attempt to explain how works of art come to be and how they are enjoyed in experience. How is it that something produced to fill a need becomes in addition a source of aesthetic enjoyment? How is it that ordinary activities can yield a particular kind of satisfaction that is aesthetic? These and similar questions must be answered by an adequate aesthetic theory.
The Aesthetic Experience
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