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Panaesthetics: On the Unity and Diversity of the Arts

Panaesthetics: On the Unity and Diversity of the Arts

Albright, Daniel

Hardcover

Series: Anthony Hecht Lectures in the Humanities

PhilosophyArt Criticism & TheoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0300186622
ISBN13: 9780300186628
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: Mar 25 2014
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.48
Language: English
While comparative literature is a well-recognized field of study, the notion of comparative arts remains unfamiliar to many. In this fascinating book, Daniel Albright addresses the fundamental question of comparative arts: Are there many different arts, or is there one art which takes different forms? He considers various artistic media, especially literature, music, and painting, to discover which aspects of each medium are unique and which can be translated from one to another. Can a poem turn into a symphony, or a symphony into a painting?

Albright explores how different media interact, as in a drama, when speech, stage decor, and music are co-present, or in a musical composition that employs the collage method of the visual arts. Tracing arguments and questions about the relations among the arts from Aristotle's Poetics to the present day, he illuminates the understudied discipline of comparative arts and urges new attention to its riches.

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