Author: Lee, Sherman E. and Henning, Edward B.

Publication Year: 1974

Media Type: Book

Summary:

Background paper prepared for the 46th American Assembly, of Columbia University, held at Arden, House, Harriman, New York, November 1974. The authors discuss traditional and contemporary justifications for the collection, preservation, display, and elucidation of works of art.

Abstract:

Background paper prepared for the 46th American Assembly, of Columbia University, held at Arden, House, Harriman, New York, November 1974. The authors discuss traditional and contemporary justifications for the collection, preservation, display, and elucidation of works of art.

CONTENTS
1. Art.

Art and quality.
Quality, context, and history.
The museum and the art of past and of present.
Kinds of art and needs of society:
     Public art.
     Religious art.
     Fine art and the high intellectual tradition.
     Folk art.
Art as property and money:
     Art money and doing good.

2. Two major developments in recent art and criticism-- Formalism, Conceptualism.

Formalism, conceptualism, and the idea of aesthetic value.
Bases of attitudes toward aesthetic value.
Formalism, conceptualism, and the art museum.
The creative act.
The theoretical bases of conceptualism.
Linguistic analysis and value.
Content in works of pictorial art.
The art museum and contextualism.
Summary.

3. The community of art and science.

Includes bibliographic references.

Arts & Intersections:

Categories: Community Development