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Spontaneous Expression and Spontaneous Improvisation: What Contemporary Improvising Artists Can Learn from Chinese Artists-Philosophers

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Mazur R.
Estetyka i Krytyka
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2014
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issue 1(32)
53-65
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Spontaneous expression is a unique method of artistic creation that emerged from within a circle of Chinese Confucian scholar-philosophers for whom artistic creation complemented their philosophical activities. Free improvisation is a new phenomenon of the European art scene. It is typified by spontaneous, often ad hoc creation, without prior preparation of the act or the object. I want to illustrate the similarities in the strategies of creation between ‘spontaneous expression’ and ‘free improvisation’ and the extent to which the philosophical foundations and resulting strategies of the former can be used in the latter, demonstrating the philosophical basis for this artistic discipline. I will primarily consider the mind of the creator, and justify the thesis that the state of mind, or mental attitude, necessary for the practice of spontaneous expression could be useful in the development of the practice of free improvisation in contemporary art (European art here would be inaccurate). A ‘method without method’ built on the basis of Chinese philosophy can help generate a strategy to develop and improve the skills of improvisation among contemporary European artists and contribute to the development of a contemporary philosophy of free improvisation. It is my opinion that these are fields that lie fallow. This would be an attempt to adapt the strategy of creation borne of original Chinese philosophy to contemporary artistic activities and aesthetic studies: a kind of transcultural bridge.
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The Aesthetics of the Intellectual (Wenrenhua) School in the Milieu of Chinese Renaissance Ideas

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Andrijauskas A.
Dialogue and Universalism
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2020
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issue 3
245-261
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This article mainly focuses on one of the most refined movements in world aesthetics and fine art—one that spread when Chinese Renaissance ideas arose during the Song Epoch and that was called the Intellectual (Wenrenhua) Movement. The ideological sources of intellectual aesthetics are discussed—as well as the distinctive nature of its fundamental theoretical views and of its creative principles in relation to a changing historical, cultural, and ideological contexts. The greatest attention is devoted to a complex analysis of the attitudes toward the artistic creation of the most typical intellectuals, Su Shi and Mi Fu; the close interaction between the principles of painting, calligraphy, and poetry is emphasized; a special attention is paid to the landscape genre and to conveying the beauty of nature. This article discusses in detail the most important components of artist’s creative potential, the opportunities to employ them during the creative act, and the influence of Confucian, Daoist, and Chan aesthetic ideas. The various external and internal factors influencing the intellectual creative process are analyzed; artist’s psychological preparation before creating is discussed along with the characteristics of his entrance into the creative process. This article highlights the meditational nature of artistic creation typical of representatives of this movement, the freedom of the spontaneous creative act, and the quest for the inner harmony of the artist’s soul with expressions of beauty in the natural world.
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Wprowadzenie do estetyki chińskiej. Kategorie harmonii i wieloznaczności

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Świętek E.
Estetyka i Krytyka
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2014
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issue 2(33)
11-29
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The article presents the fundamental assumptions of Chinese aesthetics. Chinese philosophy and aesthetics are as rich as Western aesthetics, and avoiding the implications of that fact may slow the development of aesthetics as a whole. In this article, the etymology and sources of aesthetics are discussed, and the range of research interests of comparative aesthetics of China and the West is outlined. The author also describes selected categories of Chinese aesthetics – suggestiveness (analyzed with the idea of hanxu) and the concept of fǎ, which is considered a law within Chinese tradition. The category of harmony is discussed in reference to music, as well as to nature and society.
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