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157Categorizing ArtDissertation, University of Tokyo. 2024.This dissertation examines the practice of categorizing works of art and its relationship to art criticism. How a work of art is categorized influences how it is appreciated and criticized. Being frightening is a merit for horror, but a demerit for lullabies. The brushstrokes in Monet's "Impression, Sunrise" (1874) look crude when seen as a Neoclassical painting, but graceful when seen as an Impressionist painting. Many of the judgments we make about artworks are category-dependent in this way, …Read more
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283An Institutional Theory of Art CategoriesDebates in Aesthetics 18 (1): 31-43. 2022.It is widely acknowledged that categories play significant roles in the appreciation of artworks. This paper argues that the correct categories of artworks are institutionally established through social processes. Section 1 examines the candidates for determining correct categories and proposes that this question should shift the focus from category membership to appreciative behaviour associated with categories. Section 2 draws on Francesco Guala’s theory of institutions to show that categories…Read more
Kiyohiro Sen
Sagami Women's University
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Sagami Women's UniversityLecturer (Part-time)
東京, 東京都, Japan
Areas of Specialization
Aesthetics |
Art and Artworks |
Areas of Interest
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Aesthetics |
Art and Artworks |
Aesthetic Value |
Aesthetic Experience |
Aesthetic Judgment |
Normativity |
Depiction |
Meta-Ethics |
Social Ontology |