Open AccessSusanne K. Langer and the Definition of Art
Author(s) -
Carlos João Correia
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eidos a journal for philosophy of culture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2544-302X
DOI - 10.14394/eidos.jpc.2019.0007
Subject(s) - psychology , philosophy , psychoanalysis
This essay aims to analyze the conception of a work of art in the thought of Susanne K. Langer. The author offers us a definition of art, grounded on the idea that art is the “creation of symbolic forms of human feeling”. This thesis is, in turn, constructed from a robust theory of the symbolic function of the human mind.
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