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Single Idea 20406
[filed under theme 21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 6. Value of Art
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Full Idea
Collingwood suggests art should be thought of not as product or artifact but as an act or process of expression through which the artist clarifies her initially vague emotions and states of mind. As such, it is a source of self-knowledge.
Gist of Idea
Art clarifies the artist's mind and feelings, thus leading to self-knowledge
Source
report of R.G. Collingwood (The Principles of Art [1938], Ch.6) by Stephen Davies - The Philosophy of Art (2nd ed) 8.4
Book Ref
Davies,Stephen: 'The Philosophy of Art (2nd ed)' [Wiley Blackwell 2016], p.207
A Reaction
I might believe this of writing novels, but not much else.
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Artists should be excluded from a law-abiding community, because they destroy the rational mind
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20394
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The purpose of art is to reveal to Spirit its own nature
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The main purpose of art is to express the unity of human life
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Art forms a bridge between the sensuous world and the world of pure thought
[Hegel]
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8116
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The will-less contemplation of art brings a liberation from selfhood
[Schopenhauer, by Gardner]
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4174
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Man is more beautiful than anything else, and the loftiest purpose of art is to reveal his nature
[Schopenhauer]
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All art is quite useless
[Wilde]
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Aesthetic contemplation is the best and most intense mental state
[Bell,C]
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Aesthetic experience is an exaltation which increases the possibilities of life
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20406
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Art clarifies the artist's mind and feelings, thus leading to self-knowledge
[Collingwood, by Davies,S]
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Art leads to mental health, and mental clarity
[Beardsley,M, by Carroll,N]
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Great art proves the absurdity of art for art's sake
[Murdoch]
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In modern times, being useless is the essential aesthetic ingredient for an object
[Baudrillard]
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