Art in Mind
Subtitle: How Contemporary Images Shape Thought
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: March 10, 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780226015286
Description: Art has the power to affect our thinking, changing not only the way we view and interact with the world but also how we create it. In Art in Mind, Ernst van Alphen probes this idea of art as a commanding force with the capacity to shape our intellect and intervene in our lives. Rather than interpreting art as merely a reflection of our social experience or a product of history, van Alphen here argues that art is a historical agent, or a cultural creator, that propels thought and experience forward. [Publisher web site].