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~ Johy Dewey (Author) "BY ONE of the ironic perversities that often attend the course of affairs, the existence of the works of art upon which formation of an..." (more)
Key Phrases: esthetic experience, esthetic perception, esthetic form, William James, Van Gogh, Matthew Arnold (more...)
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Based on John Dewey's lectures on esthetics, delivered as the first William James Lecturer at Harvard in 1932, Art as Experience has grown to be considered internationally as the most distinguished work ever written by an American on the formal structure and characteristic effects of all the arts: architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and literature. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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John Dewey (1859-1952), philosopher, psychologist, and educator, is widely credited as the most influential thinker on education in the twentieth century. He taught philosophy at University of Michigan, Chicago University, and Columbia University. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Perigee Trade; Later Printing edition (March 6, 1980)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0399500251
  • ISBN-13: 978-0399500251
  • Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.5 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #392,835 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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esthetic experience, esthetic perception, esthetic form, esthetic vision, esthetic effect, esthetic theory, esthetic art, esthetic quality, esthetic object, esthetic emotion, esthetic satisfaction, judicial criticism, scientific inquirer, expressive object, live creature, integral experience, esthetic value
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Theorizing On Art, May 4, 2003
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As a reviewer below stated, this is a very interesting book that treats art as a means of recapturing the experience of life and trasmitting that experience to the audience. He captures a number of concepts established earlier by Leo Tolstoy in his "What is Art?" and delves deeper into them, expounding on their more practical and less esoteric uses.

Dewey, however, certainly earns his title as a pragmatist. His wording is complicated and, at times, careful. It is difficult to pin specific sayings or doctrines to him. However, once the task is completed, he has a great deal of important things to say about art and artistic experience.

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36 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars One of the great books on art theory., April 6, 2000
Although somewhat dated in that what Dewey novelly stated long ago, we now accept as obvious, this is a great book to gain an understanding of art both as a producer and as a spectator.

The central theme is that life is an experience, and that the goal of art is to recapture that experience. Hence, a painting of a flower is only valuable in the way that it captures the essence of a flower, or the experience of viewing a flower. The viewing of a painting must also provide some of the experience of making that painting ( its process ).

If you can manage to finish the book ( the style is a bit archaic ), the experience is worth the effort.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fundamental book on esthetics, June 7, 2008
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Dewey discusses making art and viewing art are not unique activities -- that discipline, engagement and commitment are basic to art in the same way they are basic to other work.

The book undermines the notion that Art is somehow arcane and academic. It's not, the book suggests. It takes work to make art, it takes work to appreciate it, but it is a democratic sort of work, and good art stands up, even when it is not cosseted in museums or galleries.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Ambivalent
This book was part of the assigned reading for a university seminar entitled "Art and Society." I was given to understand that although it was written 70 years ago, it is still... Read more
Published 9 months ago by M. Plaia

5.0 out of 5 stars John Dewey's excellent philosophical theories on art
I read this book for a graduate seminar on the philosophy of art. John Dewey in his book "Art as Experience," proves to be a modern day Aristotle. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Michael A Neulander

5.0 out of 5 stars John Dewey's excellent philosophical theories on art
I read this book for a graduate seminar on the philosophy of art. John Dewey in his book "Art as Experience," proves to be a modern day Aristotle. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Michael A Neulander

5.0 out of 5 stars John Dewey's excellent philosophical theories on art
I read this book for a graduate seminar on the philosophy of art. John Dewey in his book "Art as Experience," proves to be a modern day Aristotle. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Michael A Neulander

4.0 out of 5 stars Overly Detailed but Insightful
It's a little thick, but you have to consider it's based off of his lectures. From the point of view from a philosopher, he gives insight into things that we as artists might... Read more
Published on February 10, 2008 by Roderick De Jesus

5.0 out of 5 stars this book is kickin!
if you are an artist this book will blow your mind.

it is pretty theoretical, but if you can get through the first 20 pages.. and get into his vibe.. Read more

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