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Introduction.
METHODOLOGY OF ANALYSIS |
| Section I. | |
| ART AND LANGUAGE | |
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Chapter I. The Neo-Positivist Conception of Art as the Highest Form of Emotive Language: I. A. Richards |
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| 27 | [introduction.] |
| 28 | 1. THE THEORY OF COMMUNICATION AND ART. |
| 32 | 2. POETRY AS THE HIGHEST FORM OF EMOTIVE LANGUAGE. |
| 42 | 3. WHEREIN DOES THE VALUE OF ART LIE? |
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Chapter II. The Linguistic Philosophy of Wittgenstein in His Later Period and “Analytic -6 Aesthetics” |
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| 51 | [introduction.] |
| 51 |
1. CONCEPTIONS OF THE LANGUAGE AND PHILOSOPHY OF
LATE-PERIOD WITTGENSTEIN. |
| 54 | 2. “ANALYTICAL AESTHETICS”. |
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Chapter III. The Neo-Hegelian Linguistic Conception of Art: Benedetto Croce |
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| 62 | [introduction.] |
| 63 |
1. THE INTUITION-EXPRESSION THEORY IN CROCE’S
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PHILOSOPHY AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF LANGUAGE AND ART. |
| 75 | 2. ART AS POETIC EXPRESSION. |
| 79 | 3. BEAUTY AS “SUCCESSFUL EXPRESSION”. |
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Chapter IV. The English Version of the Crocean Theory of Art as Language: R. G. Collingwood |
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| 83 | [introduction.] |
| 84 | 1. R. G. COLLINGWOOD AS A CROCEANIST. |
| 88 | 2. COLLINGWOOD’S MODIFICATION OF CROCEAN AESTHETICS. |
| Section II. | |
| ART AND SYMBOL | |
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Chapter V. The Neo-Realistic Philosophy of Symbolism and Art: A. N. Whitehead |
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| 97 | [introduction.] |
| 98 | 1. ART AND THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL THEORY OF SYMBOLISM. |
| 108 | 2. SOCIAL SYMBOLISM AND ART. |
| 112 | 3. BEAUTY AS VALUE. |
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Chapter VI. The Neo-Kantian Conception of Art as Symbolic Form: Ernst Cassirer |
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| 120 | [introduction.] |
| 121 |
1. CRITIQUE OF SYMBOLIC FORMS IN PLACE OF KANT’S
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CRITIQUE OF REASON. |
| 127 | 2. ART AS SYMBOLIC FORM. |
| 133 | 3. “PURE” FORM AS “MEANING” IN ART. |
| 140 | 4. BEAUTY AS A FUNCTION OF SYMBOLIC FORM. |
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Chapter VII. The Phenomenological Theory of Art as a Virtual Symbol: Susanne Langer |
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| 146 | [introduction.] |
| 146 |
1. THE “NEW KEY”: DISCURSIVE AND PRESENTATIONAL
SYMBOLISM. |
| 153 | 2. EXPRESSIVE FORM. |
| 159 | 3. METAPHORICAL SYMBOLISM. |
| 166 | 4. BEAUTY AS EXPRESSIVE FORM. |
| Section III. | |
| ART AND THE SIGN | |
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Chapter VIII. Pragmatism, Semiotics and Art: Charles Peirce |
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| 171 | [introduction.] |
| 173 | 1. THE ICONIC SIGN AND ART. |
| 181 | 2. BEAUTY AS “KALOS”. |
| 183 | 3. THE EMOTIONAL INTERPRETANT. |
| 187 | 4. THE IDEALISTIC CHARACTER OF PEIRCE’S AESTHETICS. |
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Chapter IX. Behaviourism, Semiotics and Art: Charles Morris |
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| 201 | [introduction.] |
| 202 | 1. BEHAVIOURIST SEMIOTICS AND ART. |
| 210 | 2. ART AND SIGNS. THE AESTHETIC DISCOURSE. |
| 217 | 3. THE ICON AND ART. |
| 221 | 4. SEMIOTICS, AXIOLOGY AND ART. |
| 228 |
Conclusion.
THE SEMANTIC PHILOSOPHY OF ART AND MODERNISM |
| 232 | BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| 244 | NAME INDEX |
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