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Art As Communication: Employing Gricean Principles Of Communication As A Model For Art Appreciation, Melissa June Dolese
Art As Communication: Employing Gricean Principles Of Communication As A Model For Art Appreciation, Melissa June Dolese
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Abstract
How and why artworks elicit varied preferences and judgments among different individuals remains a topic with many unresolved issues. For instance, individuals with little artistic experience tend to show little appreciation for abstract art, even though such works often show a highly skilled organization of visual elements. A key aspect of a positive aesthetic experience concerns the ability of viewers to construct meaning. I propose that viewers attempt to make meaning of artworks due to a sense that art is a communicative process. Here I attempt an application of one intentionalist model of communication, the Gricean framework, to visual …