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8. THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF (SOME) ABSTRACT ART

© 2020 Princeton University Press, Princeton

© 2020 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. CONTENTS 5
  3. PREFACE 6
  4. INTRODUCTION 9
  5. 1. EXACTLY WHAT Is ABSTRACT ART? 13
  6. 2. WHY IS A PAINTING LIKE A PIZZA? 21
  7. 3. MAKING AESTHETIC DECISIONS IN ART AND IN DAILY LIFE 35
  8. 4. PAINTINGS THAT PEOPLE LOVE TO HATE 65
  9. 5. BENDING AND BREAKING THE RULES 83
  10. 6. NEW MATERIALS, NEW RULES 101
  11. 7. ART INVADES LIFE, AND VICE VERSA 115
  12. 8. THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF (SOME) ABSTRACT ART 133
  13. 9. COMMONSENSE ANSWERS TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS MOST OFTEN ASKED ABOUT MODERN ART 149
  14. NOTES 173
  15. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 182
  16. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 184
  17. INDEX 186
  18. COPYRIGHT AND PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS 191
Why a Painting Is Like a Pizza
This chapter is in the book Why a Painting Is Like a Pizza
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691207308-010

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. CONTENTS 5
  3. PREFACE 6
  4. INTRODUCTION 9
  5. 1. EXACTLY WHAT Is ABSTRACT ART? 13
  6. 2. WHY IS A PAINTING LIKE A PIZZA? 21
  7. 3. MAKING AESTHETIC DECISIONS IN ART AND IN DAILY LIFE 35
  8. 4. PAINTINGS THAT PEOPLE LOVE TO HATE 65
  9. 5. BENDING AND BREAKING THE RULES 83
  10. 6. NEW MATERIALS, NEW RULES 101
  11. 7. ART INVADES LIFE, AND VICE VERSA 115
  12. 8. THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF (SOME) ABSTRACT ART 133
  13. 9. COMMONSENSE ANSWERS TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS MOST OFTEN ASKED ABOUT MODERN ART 149
  14. NOTES 173
  15. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 182
  16. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 184
  17. INDEX 186
  18. COPYRIGHT AND PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS 191
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