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- Title
Fechner revisited: Towards an inclusive approach to aesthetics.
- Authors
Fitch, W. Tecumseh; Westphal-Fitch, Gèsche
- Abstract
Accepting Bullot & Rebel's (B&R's) criteria for art appreciation would confine the study of aesthetics to those works for which historical information is available, mainly post-eighteenth-century Western "high art." We reject their contention that "correct" artistic understanding is limited to experts with detailed knowledge or education in art, which implies a narrowly elitist conception of aesthetics. Scientific aesthetics must be broadly inclusive.
- Subjects
AESTHETICS; ART appreciation; PSYCHOHISTORY; EIGHTEENTH century; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION in art
- Publication
Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 2013, Vol 36, Issue 2, p140
- ISSN
0140-525X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0140525X12001604