Philosophy of the Performing Arts

Informationen zum Autor David Davies is Associate Professor of Philosophy at McGill University. He is the author of Art as Performance (Blackwell, 2004), Aesthetics and Literature (2007), and the editor of The Thin Red Line (2008). He has published widely in the philosophy of art on topics relating to the nature of art, artistic value, literature, film, music, theatre, and the visual arts. Klappentext " David Davies's Philosophy of the Performing Arts is long-awaited. Not since Paul Thom's For an Audience has a book in the Anglo-American philosophical tradition focused so clearly, exclusively, informatively, and fairly on all the performing arts. I will use this book in my classes." James Hamilton, Kansas State University, author of The Art of Theater "In this outstanding philosophical study, David Davies subjects the different, conflicting literatures characterizing works, performances, and their relationships to critical review en route to developing his own integrated theory. Covering classical music to jazz, Shakespeare to Brecht, dance to performance art, this is essential reading for anyone interested in the performing arts." Stephen Davies, University of Auckland, author of The Philosophy of Art Philosophical inquiry concerning the performing arts has tended to focus on music - specifically classical music - which is assumed to provide a model for understanding the performing arts as a whole. This book engages with this belief and critically explores how the "classical paradigm" might be extended to other musical genres, to theater, and to dance. Taking in key components of artistic performance - improvisation, rehearsal, the role of the audience, the embodied nature of the artistic performer - the book examines similarities and differences between the performing art forms and presents the key philosophical issues that they bring into play. These reflections are then applied to the disputed issue of those contemporary artworks usually classified as "performance art." Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject matter, this book provides an accessible, yet sophisticated, introduction to the field and a comprehensive framework for thinking about the performing arts. Zusammenfassung The Performing Arts provides an accessible, yet sophisticated, introduction to the philosophical issues concerning the artistic performance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments viii Part One Performance and the Classical Paradigm 1 1 The Nature of Artistic Performance 3 1 Introduction 3 2 What is a Performance? 4 3 Institutional Theories of Artistic Performance 7 4 Aesthetic Theories of Artistic Performance 10 5 Artistic Performance and Artistic Regard 14 6 Overview 17 2 The Classical Paradigm I: The Nature of the Performable Work 23 1 Introduction: Berthold and Magda Go to the Symphony 23 2 The Multiple Nature of Performable Works 24 3 Performable Works as Types 29 4 Varieties of Type Theories: Sonicism, Instrumentalism, and Contextualism 32 5 Other Theories of the Performable Work 38 3 The Classical Paradigm II: Appreciating Performable Works in Performance 51 1 Introduction: Talking Appreciatively about Performable Works 51 2 Can Performable Works Share Artistic Properties with Their Performances? 53 3 The Goodman Argument 57 4 Answering the Goodman Argument 62 4 Authenticity in Musical Performance 71 1 Introduction 71 2 Authenticity in the Arts 72 3 Three Notions of Historically Authentic Performance 74 5 Challenges to the Classical Paradigm in Music 87 1 Introduction: The Classical Paradigm in the Performing Arts 87 2 The Scope of the Paradigm in Classical Music 90 3 Jazz, Rock, and the Classical Paradigm ...

Sommario

Preface
 
Part I: Performance and the Classical Paradigm
 
1. The Nature of Artistic Performance
 
2. The Classical Paradigm I: The Nature of the Performable Work
 
3. The 'Classical Paradigm' II: Appreciating Performable Works in Performance
 
4. Authenticity in Musical Performance
 
5. Challenges to the Classical Paradigm in Music
 
6. The Scope of the Classical Paradigm: Theatre, Dance, and Literature
 
Part II: Performance as Art
 
7. Performances as Artworks
 
8. Elements of Performance I: Improvisation and Rehearsal
 
9. Elements of Performance II: Audience and Embodiment
 
10. 'Performance Art' and the Performing Arts
 
Bibliography
 
Index

Relazione

"This is a remarkable and remarkably useful book, and for much the same reason ... The other result is that professionals in the philosophy of art will have to rise to the challenge. Davies has set the bar very high." ( Oxford Journals Clippings , 4 May 2012)
"Philosophy of the Performing Arts is a careful and detailed study in analytic philosophical aesthetics ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students through professional/practitioners." (Choice, 1 January 2012)

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: D Davies, David Davies, David (Mcgill University Davies
• Editore: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.04.2011
• EAN: 9781405188036
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-8803-6
• Pagine: 248
• Serie: Foundations of the Philosophy of the Arts; Foundations of the Philosophy; Foundations of the Philosophy of the Arts
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto; Darstellende Kunst, Darstellende Künste, Performing Arts, Other performing arts, Art & Applied Arts, Kunst u. Angewandte Kunst