Susanne K. Langer and the Definition of Art

• Authors: Correia Carlos João
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This essay aims to analyze the conception of a work of art in the thought of Susanne K. Langer. The author offers us a definition of art, grounded on the idea that art is the “creation of symbolic forms of human feeling”. This thesis is, in turn, constructed from a robust theory of the symbolic function of the human mind.

Keywords

EN

Susanne K. Langer; art; symbol; sign; expressiveness

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski
• Journal: Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 1(7)
• Pages: 92–103

Dates

published

2019-04-30

Contributors

author

Correia Carlos João

• Department of Philosophy, University of Lisbon

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14394/eidos.jpc.2019.0007