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Melancholy As An Aesthetic Emotion, Emily Brady, Arto Haapala
Melancholy As An Aesthetic Emotion, Emily Brady, Arto Haapala
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
In this article, we want to show the relevance and importance of melancholy as an aesthetic emotion. Melancholy often plays a role in our encounters with art works, and it is also present in some of our aesthetic responses to the natural environment. Melancholy invites aesthetic considerations to come into play not only in well-defined aesthetic contexts but also in everyday situations that give reason for melancholy to arise. But the complexity of melancholy, the fact that it is fascinating in itself, suggests the further thought that it may be considered as an aesthetic emotion per se. To this end, …
An Exchange On Disinterestedness, Ronald Hepburn
An Exchange On Disinterestedness, Ronald Hepburn
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
The idea of aesthetic disinterestedness has been a central concept in aesthetics since the late eighteenth century. This exchange offers a contemporary reconsideration of disinterestedness from different sides of the question.