Transformatnl Theory Aesthetcs

Michael Stephan, Trevor Pateman

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Routledge
02 August 1990

The Arts: General & Reference; Theory of art; Rock & Pop music; Philosophy: aesthetics; Popular culture; Cognition & cognitive psychology

"How we perceive and respond to visual art has been a central concern of psychologists, philosophers and art historians. Today, where the visual image increasingly permeates our everyday life and consciousness, the question becomes ever more relevant. How do we, for instance, instinctively ""know"" what it is that a picture represents without having to be taught? How is it that we often want to talk about the pictures we look at? Such questions are currently asked by a wide range of disciplines, including: semiotics, psychoanalysis, anthropology, neuropsychology, and in general, contemporary critical analysis of the visual arts. In ""A Transformational Theory of Aesthetics"", Michael Stephan breaks new ground by linking the findings of these areas. Drawing on their common area of knowledge, he has developed a new theory of picture perception and aesthetic response, arguing that images can generate in us a complex pattern of mental changes, or transformations. This is because the left and right hemispheres of the brain do not always work in harmony, hence the wide ranging nature of aesthetic response to distinct art forms."

By: Michael Stephan, Trevor Pateman
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780415041966
ISBN 10: 0415041961
Pages: 254
Publication Date: 02 August 1990
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

The biological and procedural bases of neuropsychology; the experimental evidence; the possible origins of cerebral specialization; the right hemisphere cognitive paradigm; children's drawings; the languages of art; a transformational theory of aesthetics; art and aesthetic experience; the transformational planes.

Michael Stephan was born in 1948 in St Helier, Jersey. He currently lectures in the University of London and completed his doctoral research in the University of Sussex. He was a postgraduate Fine Art student at the Slade School, University College, London and has exhibited his work widely in Britain and Europe. Trevor Pateman (Author)

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Transformatnl Theory Aesthetcs

Michael Stephan, Trevor Pateman

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