Beyond relativism and formalism : the empathy principle

Author

Crozier, W. Ray; Greenhalgh, Paul

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Leonardo. 1992, Num. 1, Vol. 25, 83-87

ISSN

0024-094X

Abstract (en)

Criticizes formalist and relativist approaches to the study of aesthetics: formalism for its neglect of contextual factors, and relativism for its inability to incorporate the object of aesthetic attention. Proposes as an alternative the development of a psychological theory of responses to works of art that draws upon the "Principle of Empathy," itself construed in terms of the personification of objects. Takes Clive Bell's writings as an example of formalist thought, and Marcuse's as exemplary of relativism.

Subject (en)

• General works -- Study of art
• Art history
• Art theory
• Methodology
• Formalism
• Contextualism
• Bell, Clive, 1881-1964
• Marcuse, Herbert, 1898-1979
• Empathy
• Comparison

Subject (fr)

• Généralités -- Sciences de l'art
• Histoire de l'art
• Théorie de l'art
• Méthodologie
• Formalisme
• Contextualisme
• Bell, Clive, 1881-1964
• Marcuse, Herbert, 1898-1979
• Empathie
• Comparaison

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940401-00339632

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