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In the face of a great work of art, we so often stand mute, struck dumb. Is this a function?perhaps the first and foremost?of aesthetic experience? Or do we lack the words to say what we feel? Countering current assumptions that art is valued only according to taste or ideology, Peter de Bolla gives a voice?and vocabulary?to the wonder art can inspire. Working toward a better understanding of what it is to be profoundly moved by a work of art, he forces us to reconsider the importance of art works and the singular nature and value of our experience of them. In many ways a "practical aesthetics," Art Matters proceeds by way of example. Through chapters attending to three works of art?Barnett Newman's painting Vir Heroicus Sublimis, pianist Glenn Gould's second recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations, and William Wordsworth's poem "We Are Seven"?de Bolla plots a personal history of aesthetic experience that opens up the general forms of art appreciation. His book invites us to a closer encounter with art, and to a deeper appreciation and clearer expression of what such an encounter might hold.… (meer)
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De Bolla's use of rich language can be enjoyable and meaningful at times, but it is not enough to distract one from the verbose, meandering nature of the book. Interesting observations are made, but they are not made clearly or succinctly. Often they are surrounded by lengthy asides and observations about art or experience that seem unnecessary. Although, perhaps it is only my unfamiliarity with art criticism or my familiarity with analytical philosophy that leads me to dislike De Bolla's approach and language. At the very least, I did gain some valuable insights into the life of the artists discussed and was exposed to some new artworks. ( )
In the face of a great work of art, we so often stand mute, struck dumb. Is this a function?perhaps the first and foremost?of aesthetic experience? Or do we lack the words to say what we feel? Countering current assumptions that art is valued only according to taste or ideology, Peter de Bolla gives a voice?and vocabulary?to the wonder art can inspire. Working toward a better understanding of what it is to be profoundly moved by a work of art, he forces us to reconsider the importance of art works and the singular nature and value of our experience of them. In many ways a "practical aesthetics," Art Matters proceeds by way of example. Through chapters attending to three works of art?Barnett Newman's painting Vir Heroicus Sublimis, pianist Glenn Gould's second recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations, and William Wordsworth's poem "We Are Seven"?de Bolla plots a personal history of aesthetic experience that opens up the general forms of art appreciation. His book invites us to a closer encounter with art, and to a deeper appreciation and clearer expression of what such an encounter might hold.
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