Art and Enchantment - How Wonder Works

Offering studies of painting, music, fiction and poetry, this book considers the experience of enchantment in art, drawing on the thought of philosophers, artists and sociological theorists to understand the complex relationship between wonder in art and the programmatic disenchantment to which it is often subject.

Sommario

Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. What is Enchantment?
3. Painting I
4. Painting II
5. Music I
6. Music II
7. Fiction I
8. Fiction II
9. Poetry
10. Conclusion
Index

Info autore

Patrick Curry is a tutor in the School of Environment, Archaeology, History and Anthropology at the University of Wales Trinity St David, UK. He is the author of Ecological Ethics: An Introduction and Enchantment: Wonder in Modern Life, and the editor of Divination: Perspectives for a New Millennium. He is also editor-in-chief of the online journal The Ecological Citizen.

Riassunto

Offering studies of painting, music, fiction and poetry, this book considers the experience of enchantment in art, drawing on the thought of philosophers, artists and sociological theorists to understand the complex relationship between wonder in art and the programmatic disenchantment to which it is often subject.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Patrick Curry, Patrick (University of Wales Trinity St Dav Curry, Patrick (University of Wales Trinity St David Curry
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781032404684
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3240468-4
• Pagine: 244
• Serie: Contemporary Liminality
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie