The Domains of Aesthetics and Perception Theories: A Review relevant to Practice-based Doctoral Theses in the Visual Arts

Riley, Howard (2024) The Domains of Aesthetics and Perception Theories: A Review relevant to Practice-based Doctoral Theses in the Visual Arts. Journal of Aesthetic Education, 58 (2). ISSN 1543-7809

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Abstract

Every doctoral thesis requires contextualisation within its specific discipline’s theoretical bases. For a visual arts practice-based thesis, the relevant bases include those of aesthetics and visual perception. This article reviews a Western history of the domain of visual aesthetic theory, addressing both the Analytical philosophical efforts to define art, and the Continental approaches which construe art as social construction. It then reviews a third, normative stance which foregrounds cognitive value before definition or sociological context; an Aesthetic Cognitivist position, art practice as a means of acquiring and sharing experiential knowledge and understanding. Contemporary concerns about environmental aesthetics and somaesthetics are also addressed in the Introduction. Aesthetic theories are related to visual perception theories as an aid to fulfilling the scholarly requirements for a practice-based thesis.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR
Divisions:	Institutes and Academies > Wales Institute for Science & Art (WISA) > Academic Discipline: Art & Media
Depositing User:	Professor Howard Riley
Date Deposited:	26 Aug 2022 12:51
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2024 17:03
URI:	https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/2068

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