Sökning: "history of aesthetics"

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1. 21. X. Tre etyder över ett tema av Iannis Xenakis (1922 – 2001)

   Författare :Andrej Slávik; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Iannis Xenakis; aesthetics; music; philosophy; the postwar period; history of ideas; artistic research; history of ideas;

   Sammanfattning : Ten years after his death, Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001) is generally acknowledged as one of the most influential composers of the recently past century, working in all genres of modern music – from acoustic to electronic, from strings to percussion, from solo pieces to orchestral works. He is also renowned for his spectacular audiovisual installations – from the Philips Pavilion at the 1958 World Exposition in Brussels, to the Diatope de Beaubourg conceived for the inauguration of the Centre Pompidou in 1978 – as well as for his architectural projects, both on a cosmic and a more quotidian scale. LÄS MER

3. 22. Förlagd form : Designkritik och designpraktik i Sverige 1860–1890

   Författare :Elin Manker; Catharina Nolin; Jeff Werner; Kjetil Fallan; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Design; Design Theory; Design History; Craft; Craft Theory; Craft History; 19th century Sweden; Ornamental Print; Popular Aesthetics; Element Design; Manufacturing; Paraffin Lamp; Illustrated Journal; Materiality; Design; designteori; designhistoria; hantverk; hantverksteori; hantverkshistoria; 1800-talet i Sverige; mönsterblad; populär estetik; elementdesign; fabrik; fotogenlampa; illustrerade tidskrifter; materialitet; konstvetenskap; Art History;

   Sammanfattning : The overarching aim of this doctoral dissertation is to present an analysis of the design processes related to serial articles produced in Sweden between 1860 and 1890. In the dissertation, the interconnections between aesthetic theories, design languague, production processes, and the commercial market are explored. LÄS MER

4. 23. Two Quests for Unity : John Dewey, R. G. Collingwood, and the Persistence of Idealism

   Författare :Bruno Hamnell; Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; John Dewey; R. G. Collingwood; Idealism; Pragmatism; Liberalism; Unity; Experience; Practical Knowledge; Intellectual History; History of Philosophy; Anglo-America;

   Sammanfattning : After having dominated philosophical thought in Britain and the United States during the end of the nineteenth century, idealism was in steady decline by the outbreak of World War I. Its ideas and ideals seemed unsuited to face the transition from Victorianism to modernism and the rapid social changes of the post-war era. LÄS MER

5. 24. Aesthetic Experiences of Presence : Case Studies in Film Exhibition, 1896-1898

   Författare :Gert Jan Harkema; Jan Olsson; John Fullerton; Tom Gunning; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Film history; media history; early cinema; film experience; 19th century; aesthetics; presence; intermediality; phenomenology; the Netherlands; Chicago; modernity; fairground; vaudeville; Aladdin; Henri Grünkorn; filmvetenskap; Cinema Studies;

   Sammanfattning : This study investigates viewing experiences that came with the introduction of cinema. Merging (film) history with aesthetic theory, this dissertation entails historically informed theoretical reconstructions of viewing experiences between 1896 and 1898. LÄS MER

7. 25. En kritisk undersökning av det modernistiska projektet för design i Sverige

   Författare :Linda Rampell; Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ”Swedish Modern”; Föreningen Svensk Form; socialistic aesthetics; good taste; Marxism; twentieth century; sociology; political economics; philosophy; Theory and history of design; modernism and modernity; ”Scandinavian Modern”; functionalism; Art history; Konsthistoria;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis has one aim: to investigate the modernist project for design in Sweden and extract its dominant ideals, with the purpose of discussing it critically. The ideals of the modernist project for design make the social democratic thought manifest. These ideals are interpreted as a socialistic aesthetic. LÄS MER