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The aesthetics of emotion : up the down staircase of the mind-body / Gerald C. Cupchik

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Cupchik, Gerald C.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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1 online resource (xxv, 387 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Experiences in life and in art -- Thinking critically about emotion theories -- The depth of affective processing -- Emotional experiences as reactions -- Antecedents of the motivational action models -- Emotional Phase Theory -- Neural underpinnings of emotional experiences and feeling-based actions -- The aesthetic imagination -- Affective processes and aesthetic reception -- The ''aesthetics of emotion'' as analogy and metaphor -- Creative practices of contemporary artists -- The cave artist's share -- Studies in aesthetic reception -- In search of a unified emotion theory -- Epilogue.
Summary
Gerald C. Cupchik builds a bridge between science and the humanities, arguing that interactions between mind and body in everyday life are analogous to relations between subject matter and style in art. According to emotional phase theory, emotional reactions emerge in a'perfect storm'whereby meaningful situations evoke bodily memories that unconsciously shape and unify the experience. Similarly, in expressionist or impressionist painting, an evocative visual style can spontaneously colour the experience and interpretation of subject matter. Three basic situational themes encompass complementary pairs of primary emotions: attachment (happiness - sadness), assertion (fear - anger), and absorption (interest - disgust). Action episodes, in which a person adapts to challenges or seeks to realize goals, benefit from energizing bodily responses which focus attention on the situation while providing feedback, in the form of pleasure or pain, regarding success or failure. In high representational paintings, style is transparent, making it easier to fluently identify subject matter.
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9781316543122 (electronic bk.)
1316543129 (electronic bk.)
9781139169301 (electronic bk.)
1139169300 (electronic bk.)
9781316541401
1316541401
9781107024458
1107024455
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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