ISBN:
905356585X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (i, 182 p)
Uniform Title:
Steeds mooier. 〈engl.〉
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Doorman, Maarten, 1957 - Art in progress
Keywords:
Progress
;
Aesthetics
;
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
;
History of art / art & design styles
;
Philosophy
;
Philosophy: aesthetics
;
Ästhetik
;
Fortschrittsgedanke
;
Avantgarde
;
Kunst
;
Postmoderne
Abstract:
In this challenging and erudite philosophical study, the author argues that in art, belief in progress is still relevant, if not essential. The radical freedoms of postmodernism have had a crippling effect on art; more than ever before, art is in danger of becoming meaningless. Art can only acquire meaning through context, and the concept of progress is ideal as the primary criterion for establishing that context. Art over time can be seen as a process of constant accumulation. Works of art comment on each other, enriching each other's meanings. These complex interrelationships lead to progress in both the sensibility of the observer and the significance of the works of art
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Perspectives on Progress: A History; 2 From the Ancients and the Moderns: A Door to the Future; 3 From Romanticism to the Avant-Garde; 4 On Making Revolution; 5 Innovation in Painting and Architecture: De Stijl; 6 The End of Art; 7 A New Approach to an Old Concept; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Names
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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