The aesthetics of mimesis: ancient texts and modern problems
- Type Paperback
- Publisher PRINCETON
- Author/s Halliwell, Stephen
- ISBN13 9780691092584
- ISBN10 0691092583
- Pages 424
- Published 2002
- Language English
Sections
Literary TheoryThe aesthetics of mimesis: ancient texts and modern problems
Far from providing a static model of artistic representation, mimesis has generated many different models of art, encompassing a spectrum of positions from realism to idealism. Under the influence of Platonist and Aristotelian paradigms, mimesis has been a crux of debate between proponents of what Halliwell calls "world-reflecting" and "world-simulating" theories of representation in both the visual and musico-poetic arts. This debate is about not only the fraught relationship between art and reality but also the psychology and ethics of how we experience and are affected by mimetic art.
Moving expertly between ancient and modern traditions, Halliwell contends that the history of mimesis hinges on problems that continue to be of urgent concern for contemporary aesthetics.
- Type Paperback
- Publisher PRINCETON
- Author/s Halliwell, Stephen
- ISBN13 9780691092584
- ISBN10 0691092583
- Pages 424
- Published 2002
- Language English