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John Dewey's Esthetics
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John Dewey's Esthetics
This paper examines John Dewey's EstheticsTheory of art: Continuity, consummatory experience, quality, means and ends and useful and fine art.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages) |
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1994
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"In his theory of art, John Dewey emphasizes the importance of continuity within the art object. In this regard, Dewey seems to be insisting that organic unity is the essence of all aesthetic experiences. According to Dewey, a work of art is an experience in which meanings or values "are expressed, or shown, rather than stated or said". As such, art stimulates an experience which can be said to be "qualitative" in nature. Dewey considers art to be a very special kind of experience, or consummatory experience. A consummatory experience can be defined as one which is both fulfilling and satisfying. In his 1934 book "Art as Experience", Dewey claims: "Such an experience is a whole and carries with it its own individualizing quality and self-sufficiency". Bernstein relates the consummatory ... "More papers on John Dewey's Esthetics:
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