The Limits of Art [electronic resource] : On Borderline Cases of Artworks and their Aesthetic Properties / by Jiri Benovsky.

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The Limits of Art [electronic resource] : On Borderline Cases of Artworks and their Aesthetic Properties / by Jiri Benovsky.

First edition 2021.

9783030547950 electronic book
3030547957 electronic book
3030547949
9783030547943
9783030547967 (print)
3030547965

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54795-0

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.

English

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10.1007/978-3-030-54
10.1007/978-3-030-54795-0 doi

N70 .B46 2021

146.4

This open access book is about exploring interesting borderline cases of art. It discusses the cases of gustatory and olfactory artworks (focusing on food), proprioceptive artworks (dance, martial arts, and rock climbing qua proprioceptive experiences), intellectual artworks (philosophical and scientific theories), as well as the vague limits between painting and photography. The book focuses on the author's research about what counts as art and what does not, as well as on the nature of these limits. Overall, the author defends a very inclusive view, 'extending' the limits of art, and he argues for its virtues. Some of the limits discussed concern our senses (our different perceptual modalities), some concern vagueness and fuzzy boundaries between different types of works of art, some concern the amount of human intention and intervention in the process of creation of an artwork, and some concern the border between art and science. In these various ways, by understanding better such borderline cases, Benovsky suggests that we get a better grip on an understanding of the nature of art.-- Provided by publisher.

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