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Single Idea 12159
[filed under theme 21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 1. Artistic Intentions
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Full Idea
A person for whom it made no difference whether a sculpture was carved by wind and rain or by human hand would be unable to interpret or perceive sculptures - even though the interpretation of sculpture is not the reading of an intention.
Gist of Idea
Without intentions we can't perceive sculpture, but that is not the whole story
Source
Roger Scruton (Public Text and Common Reader [1982], p.15)
Book Ref
Scruton,Roger: 'The Aesthetic Understanding' [Methuen 1983], p.15
A Reaction
Scruton compares it to the role of intention in language, where there is objective meaning, even though intention is basic to speech.
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Historical interpretation aims to recapture the author's view of the work
[Croce]
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20432
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When viewing art, rather than flowers, we are aware of purpose, and sympathy with its creator
[Fry]
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24198
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Perfect works of art seem to be essentially anonymous
[Weil]
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23903
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When we admire a work, we see ourselves as its creator
[Weil]
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20400
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Intentions either succeed or fail, so external evidence for them is always irrelevant
[Wimsatt/Beardsley, by Davies,S]
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7266
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The author's intentions are irrelevant to the judgement of a work's success
[Wimsatt/Beardsley]
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7267
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Poetry, unlike messages, can be successful without communicating intentions
[Wimsatt/Beardsley]
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7268
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The thoughts of a poem should be imputed to the dramatic speaker, and hardly at all to the poet
[Wimsatt/Beardsley]
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7269
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The intentional fallacy is a romantic one
[Wimsatt/Beardsley]
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7271
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Biography can reveal meanings and dramatic character, as well as possible intentions
[Wimsatt/Beardsley]
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12159
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Without intentions we can't perceive sculpture, but that is not the whole story
[Scruton]
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20395
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The title of a painting can be vital, and the artist decrees who the portrait represents
[Davies,S]
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20396
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We must know what the work is meant to be, to evaluate the artist's achievement
[Davies,S]
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20399
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Intentionalism says either meaning just is intention, or ('moderate') meaning is successful intention
[Davies,S]
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20401
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The meaning is given by the audience's best guess at the author's intentions
[Davies,S]
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