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9788772885438

The Aesthetics of the Elements

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  • ISBN13:

    9788772885438

  • ISBN10:

    8772885432

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-02-01
  • Publisher: Aarhus Universitetsforlag
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Summary

"The Aesthetics of the Elements" introduces a semiotic and phenomenological understanding of the four elements: earth, air, fire, water, as they appear in description and depiction. It develops a theory of the imaginary in human thought, and examines the occurrence of the elements, not in their role as trivial contents of the imaginary, but rather as aspects of its constitutive background -- as material dimensions giving rise to direct and dynamic cognitive structure. The elements thus evoke universally evaluated sensations, and provide simple schematic conceptual primitives, in contrast with complex higher-order metaphoric structures which may rely on them. The elements are here understood as a mental palette in perception, as well as in aesthetic and philosophical expression.

Author Biography

Hans-Erik Larsen is currently a research fellow of the Center for Semiotic Research at the University of Aarhus.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. 5
Elements and Morphologiesp. 9
Phenomenology and Morphologyp. 15
Cognition and Morphologyp. 28
Dynamics and Morphologyp. 38
Imaginary Morphologiesp. 49
Text and Paintingp. 63
An Aesthetics of the Elements: Conclusionp. 95
Bibliographyp. 100
Appendixp. 103
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