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Psychology and Philosophy of Abstract Art

Hardcover • 2016 • 1. edition

Psychology and Philosophy of Abstract Art

By Paul M. W. Hackett

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About the book

This book examines how we perceive and understand abstract art in contrast to artworks that represent reality. Philosophical, psychological and neuroscience research, including the work of philosopher Paul Crowther, are considered and out of these approaches a complex model is developed to account for this experience. The understanding embodied in this model is rooted in facet theory, mapping sentences and partially ordered analyses, which together provide a comprehensive understanding of the pe...Show more

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ISBN

9781137483317

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Published year

2016

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Psychology and Philosophy of Abstract Art

Format

Hardcover

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