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Art Production (art + production)

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Humanities and Social Sciences100%

Selected Abstracts

The Field of Art Production and Western Desert Acrylics,

THE AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGY, Issue 2 2002
Caroline Holmstrom Hoban
Following the logic of Bourdieu's notion of ,field', acrylic art production in the Western Desert of Australia is positioned as a sub-field in the field of Western art production. The significance of the cultural identity of the producer subordinates Western Desert acrylic art within the field and the shift in the criteria of legitimation constitutes it as a sub-field. The capital at stake in the sub-field of Western Desert acrylic art is differentiated and contingent upon legitimation of authenticity as defined by the Western field of art production. This capital is constituted through the positioning of Western Desert acrylics within the field of art production and is a manifestation of the struggle to maintain domination within the field. [source]

I,Virtues of Art and Human Well -Being

ARISTOTELIAN SOCIETY SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME, Issue 1 2008
Peter Goldie
What is the point of art, and why does it matter to us human beings? The answer that I will give in this paper, following on from an earlier paper on the same subject, is that art matters because our being actively engaged with art, either in its production or in its appreciation, is part of what it is to live well. The focus in the paper will be on the dispositions,the virtues of art production and of art appreciation,that are necessary for this kind of active engagement with art. To begin with, I will argue that these dispositions really are virtues and not mere skills. Then I will show how the virtues of art, and their exercise in artistic activity, interweave with the other kinds of virtue which are exercised in ethical and contemplative activity. And finally, I will argue that artistic activity affords, in a special way, a certain kind of emotional sharing that binds us together with other human beings. [source]