Ornamented Lives
Seiten
2018
Information Age Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-64113-469-9 (ISBN)
Information Age Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-64113-469-9 (ISBN)
Offers a theoretical synthesis of cultural psychology, aesthetics, and philosophy of meaning construction. The book concentrates on the visual ornaments of various kinds, indicating in them the tensions between basic forms - linear and curvilinear.
Ornamented Lives is a theoretical synthesis of cultural psychology, aesthetics, and philosophy of meaning construction. It is an extension of the author’s theory of Semiotic Dynamics (Culture in Minds and Societies, 2007) to the field of ornaments. Ornaments are not merely “decorations” but play the important role of guiding the affective depths of the human minds. This is done by capturing the whole fields of perceivable peripheral spaces and filling them with highly recursive forms. The book concentrates on the visual ornaments of various kinds, indicating in them the tensions between basic forms—linear and curvilinear. This tension is present in human construction of environments—natural growth involves curvilinear forms while human constructions introduce linearity. The basic tension between linear and curvilinear infinities is expressed in the use of spiral forms in art and architecture. The book builds a theoretical account of human beings constantly creating sublime life occasions that give them affective charge for dramatizations of ordinary living. Episodically the sublime acquires new quality— becomes aesthetic. The coverage in this book links the aesthetic, the sublime, and the mundane into one theoretical scheme within cultural psychology.
Ornamented Lives is a theoretical synthesis of cultural psychology, aesthetics, and philosophy of meaning construction. It is an extension of the author’s theory of Semiotic Dynamics (Culture in Minds and Societies, 2007) to the field of ornaments. Ornaments are not merely “decorations” but play the important role of guiding the affective depths of the human minds. This is done by capturing the whole fields of perceivable peripheral spaces and filling them with highly recursive forms. The book concentrates on the visual ornaments of various kinds, indicating in them the tensions between basic forms—linear and curvilinear. This tension is present in human construction of environments—natural growth involves curvilinear forms while human constructions introduce linearity. The basic tension between linear and curvilinear infinities is expressed in the use of spiral forms in art and architecture. The book builds a theoretical account of human beings constantly creating sublime life occasions that give them affective charge for dramatizations of ordinary living. Episodically the sublime acquires new quality— becomes aesthetic. The coverage in this book links the aesthetic, the sublime, and the mundane into one theoretical scheme within cultural psychology.
Preface
Part I: Roots Of Beauty
Chapter 1: Philosophies of the Sublime, and of the Beautiful
Chapter 2: From Point and Line to Spiral: Dialogues Within Wholes
Chapter 3: Flowers in Frames: Directionality in the Field
Part II: Looking Far To See Near: Windows Into Ourselves
Chapter 4: Landscapes: The Feeling of Awe
Chapter 5: Iconic Fields: Plurifunctionality of the Image
Chapter 6: Architectural Forms: Silent Guidance for Human Feeling
Part III: Embodiment Of Affective Fields
Chapter 7: Schematization and Pleromatization
Chapter 8: Beyond the Fall: The Psyche on the Body
Chapter 9: A Glimpse Into the Interior of the Psyche
Chapter 10: General Conclusions: Affective Forms in Human Lives
References
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.04.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Advances in Cultural Psychology |
| Verlagsort | Greenwich |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-64113-469-0 / 1641134690 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-64113-469-9 / 9781641134699 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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