Emotion, Language and Aesthetic Expression: On Motherwell and His Art

IF 1.5 4区 心理学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Empirical Studies of the Arts Pub Date : 2023-10-29 DOI:10.1177/02762374231208320
Anjan Chatterjee
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Robert Motherwell is regarded as one of the great American abstract expressionists. He was highly intelligent and articulate about his art. In this essay, I explore the thesis that the ability to make fine category discriminations, which can be indexed by language, is necessary to produce great art. I argue that Motherwell might not have been as great an artist if he were not so articulate. Relying on a constructivist view, I argue that fine-grained categories of human emotions can be represented in language; language carves out affective space in a way that makes these states explicit and easier to communicate. Ineffability in art implies exhausting the effable. Being articulate about emotions allows one to reach for higher states of ineffability and aspire to great art.
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情感、语言与审美表达——论马瑟韦尔及其艺术
罗伯特·马瑟韦尔被认为是美国最伟大的抽象表现主义画家之一。他非常聪明,善于表达自己的艺术。在这篇文章中,我探讨了这样一个论点,即能够通过语言进行精细的类别区分,是创作伟大艺术所必需的。我认为,如果马瑟韦尔不是如此善于表达,他可能不会是一位伟大的艺术家。基于建构主义的观点,我认为人类情感的细粒度分类可以用语言表现出来;语言以一种使这些状态更明确、更容易交流的方式划分出情感空间。艺术的不可言说意味着穷尽可言说之物。清晰地表达情感可以让一个人达到更高的不可言喻的状态,并渴望伟大的艺术。
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期刊介绍: Empirical Studies of the Arts (ART) aims to be an interdisciplinary forum for theoretical and empirical studies of aesthetics, creativity, and all of the arts. It spans anthropological, psychological, neuroscientific, semiotic, and sociological studies of the creation, perception, and appreciation of literary, musical, visual and other art forms. Whether you are an active researcher or an interested bystander, Empirical Studies of the Arts keeps you up to date on the latest trends in scientific studies of the arts.
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