Ideas from 'An Essay in Aesthetics' by Roger Fry [1909], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Vision and Design' by Fry,Roger [Penguin 1937,]].
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16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 3. Limits of Introspection
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Most of us are too close to our own motives to understand them
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 2. Aesthetic Attitude
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Imaginative life requires no action, so new kinds of perception and values emerge in art
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Everyone reveals an aesthetic attitude, looking at something which only exists to be seen
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty
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'Beauty' can either mean sensuous charm, or the aesthetic approval of art (which may be ugly)
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 6. The Sublime
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In life we neglect 'cosmic emotion', but it matters, and art brings it to the fore
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21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 2. Art as Form
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Art needs a mixture of order and variety in its sensations
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21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 3. Art as Imitation
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If graphic arts only aim at imitation, their works are only trivial ingenious toys
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Popular opinion favours realism, yet most people never look closely at anything!
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21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 1. Artistic Intentions
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When viewing art, rather than flowers, we are aware of purpose, and sympathy with its creator
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21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 4. Emotion in Art
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In the cinema the emotions are weaker, but much clearer than in ordinary life
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21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality
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For pure moralists art must promote right action, and not just be harmless
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