02924namaa2200421uu 4500001001000000003000600010005001700016006001900033007001500052008004100067020001800108020001800126020001800144020001800162024003100180040001700211041000800228042000700236072001500243072001600258720002500274245005300299260002700352300002200379336002600401337002600427338003600453506005100489520123600540540006301776546001201839650003501851650003701886653042801923793001802351856011602369999001702485doab92618oapen20260305123950.0m     o  d        cr|mn|---annan221013s2023    xx |||||o     ||| 0|eng d  a9781003213406  a9781003213406  a9781032072098  a97810321005007 a10.4324/97810032134062doi  aoapencoapen0 aeng  adc 7aAB2bicssc 7aHPN2bicssc1 aStejskal, Jakub4aut00aObjects of AuthoritybA Postformalist Aesthetics  bTaylor & Francisc2023  a1 online resource  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier0 aFree-to-readfUnrestricted online access2star  aIs 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.  aAll rights reserveduhttp://oapen.org/content/about-rights  aEnglish 7aPhilosophy: aesthetics2bicssc 7aThe arts: general issues2bicssc  aJakub 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 status0 aDOAB Library.40uhttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/9261870zFree-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication  c93017d93017