Search for dissertations about: "18th century British art"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words 18th century British art.

2. 1. Mimesis as the Representation of Types : The Historical and Psychological Basis of an Aesthetic Idea

   Author : Michael Ranta; Margaretha Rossholm-Lagerlöf; Staffan Carlshamre; Lars-Olof Åhlberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Art theory; aesthetics; cognitive psychology; experimental aesthetics; history of aesthetics; mental representation; aesthetic preference; pictorial representation; prototypicality; schema theory; emotion theory; categorization; behaviourism; Art; Konstvetenskap; Art science;

   Abstract : This work attempts to investigate a long-standing tradition within the history of aesthetics according to which the function of pictorial representation consists, or ought to consist, of the rendering of general or idealized types rather than particulars. Proponents of this view may be found in various versions from antiquity to the present. READ MORE

4. 2. See and Seen : Seeing Landscape through Artistic Practice

   Author : Matts Leiderstam; Konsthögskolan i Malmö; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Nicolas Poussin; landscape painting; Claude Lorrain; Art of painting; Måleri; Nicolas Poussin; Claude Lorrain;

   Abstract : The point of departure for See and Seen text, website and exhibition) is the conventions of the Ideal Landscapes painted in Rome during the 17th century by artists such as Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin. In 18th century England this translated into a particular gaze that became the fashion for how, and the parameters within which, the landscape was to be seen and that subsequently gave rise to landscaped parks, poetry and painting, and consequently had a significant role in shaping theories of the Picturesque. READ MORE