02924namaa2200421uu 4500 doab92618 oapen 20260305123950.0 m o d cr|mn|---annan 221013s2023 xx |||||o ||| 0|eng d 9781003213406 9781003213406 9781032072098 9781032100500 10.4324/9781003213406 doi oapen oapen eng dc AB bicssc HPN bicssc Stejskal, Jakub aut Objects of Authority A Postformalist Aesthetics Taylor & Francis 2023 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star Is the celebrated elegance of Cycladic marble figurines an effect their Early Bronze Age producers intended? Can one adequately appreciate an Assyrian regal statue described by a cuneiform inscription as beautiful? What to make of the apparent aesthetic richness of the traditional cultures of Melanesia, which, however, engage in virtually no recognizable aesthetic discourse? Questions such as these have been formulated and discussed by scholars of remote cultures against the backdrop of a general scepticism about the prospects of escaping the conditioning of one's own aesthetic culture and attuning to the norms of a remote one. This book makes a radical move: it treats the remote observers lack of aesthetic insight not as a hindrance to aesthetic analysis, but as a condition requiring an aesthetic theory that would make room for an aesthetic analysis independent of the model of competent aesthetic judgement or appreciation. Objects of Authority represents a rare effort at bringing together methods and concepts that are often addressed by separate disciplines. It will appeal to scholars and advanced students working on philosophical, art-historical, and anthropological theories of visual art and material culture. All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Philosophy: aesthetics bicssc The arts: general issues bicssc Jakub Stejskal, David Summers, Whitney Davis, postformalism, aesthetic archaeology, postformalist aesthetic, form, medium, universal style, aesthetic objects, artifacts, remote objects, Cycladic marble figures, Acheulean handaxes, Assyrian statues, Late Gothic monochrome wooden sculptures, remote cultures, formalist aesthetics, contextualist aesthetics, vertical bilateral symmetry, split representation, aesthetic status DOAB Library. https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/92618 0 Free-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication 93017 93017