| Description |
vii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Creation of Art: Issues and Perspectives / Berys Gaut and Paisley Livingston -- 1. How to Create a Fictional Character / Peter Lamarque -- 2. Drawings as Drawn: An Approach to Creation in an Art / Patrick Maynard -- 3. Pentimento / Paisley Livingston -- 4. Exemplary Originality: Genius, Universality, and Individuality / Paul Guyer -- 5. The Inexplicable: Some Thoughts after Kant / Ted Cohen -- 6. Creativity and Imagination / Berys Gaut -- 7. Explanations of Creativity / David Novitz -- 8. Culture, Convention, and Creativity / Stein Haugom Olsen -- 9. Art, Creativity, and Tradition / Noel Carroll -- 10. Elster on Artistic Creativity / Jerrold Levinson -- 11. The Transfiguration of Classical Hollywood Norms: On Von Sternberg's Last Films with Dietrich / George Wilson |
| Summary |
Although creativity, from Plato onwards, has been recognized as a topic in philosophy, it has been overshadowed by investigations of the meanings and values of works of art. In this new collection of essays a distinguished roster of philosophers of art redress this trend. The subjects discussed include the nature of creativity and the process of artistic creation; the role that creative making should play in our understanding and evaluation of art; relations between concepts of creation and creativity; and ideas of tradition, metaphor, genius, imagination and genre |
| Analysis |
Philosophical aesthetics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Art -- Philosophy.
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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Aesthetics.
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| Author |
Livingston, Paisley, 1951-
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Gaut, Berys Nigel.
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| LC no. |
2002067420 |
| ISBN |
0521812348 |
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