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Author Cupchik, Gerald C., author

Title The aesthetics of emotion : up the down staircase of the mind-body / Gerald C. Cupchik
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 387 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in emotion and social interaction. Second series
Studies in emotion and social interaction. Second series.
Contents Experiences in life and in art -- Thinking critically about emotion theories -- The depth of affective processing -- Emotional experiences as reactions -- Antecedents of the motivational action models -- Emotional Phase Theory -- Neural underpinnings of emotional experiences and feeling-based actions -- The aesthetic imagination -- Affective processes and aesthetic reception -- The ''aesthetics of emotion'' as analogy and metaphor -- Creative practices of contemporary artists -- The cave artist's share -- Studies in aesthetic reception -- In search of a unified emotion theory -- Epilogue
Summary Gerald C. Cupchik builds a bridge between science and the humanities, arguing that interactions between mind and body in everyday life are analogous to relations between subject matter and style in art. According to emotional phase theory, emotional reactions emerge in a'perfect storm'whereby meaningful situations evoke bodily memories that unconsciously shape and unify the experience. Similarly, in expressionist or impressionist painting, an evocative visual style can spontaneously colour the experience and interpretation of subject matter. Three basic situational themes encompass complementary pairs of primary emotions: attachment (happiness - sadness), assertion (fear - anger), and absorption (interest - disgust). Action episodes, in which a person adapts to challenges or seeks to realize goals, benefit from energizing bodily responses which focus attention on the situation while providing feedback, in the form of pleasure or pain, regarding success or failure. In high representational paintings, style is transparent, making it easier to fluently identify subject matter
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Aesthetics -- Psychological aspects
Emotions.
Art -- Psychological aspects
Mind and body.
PHILOSOPHY -- Metaphysics.
Aesthetics -- Psychological aspects
Art -- Psychological aspects
Emotions
Mind and body
Ästhetik
Gefühl
Philosophy of Mind
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781316543122
1316543129
9781139169301
1139169300
9781316541401
1316541401