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Thesis Info
- LABS ID
- 00063
- Thesis Title
- Emotion und ästhetische Erfahrung. Zur Rezeptionsästhetik der Video-Installationen Buried Secrets von Bill Viola. (Emotion and Aesthetic Experience. The Aesthetic Reception of Bill Viola's Video-Installations Buried Secrets.)
- Author
- Anne Hamker
- E-mail
- ahamker@k-w-h.de / ahamker@gmx.net
- 2nd Author
- 3rd Author
- Degree
- Dr./Ph.D.
- Year
- 2003
- Number of Pages
- 284
- University
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Thesis Supervisor
- Prof. Dr. Klaus Herding, Institute of Art History, J.W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Supervisor e-mail
- Other Supervisor(s)
- Prof. Dr. med. Wolf Singer, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Language(s) of Thesis
- German
- Department / Discipline
- Art History
- Copyright Ownership
- Waxmann Verlag
- Languages Familiar to Author
- German, English, French
- URL where full thesis can be found
- www.waxmann.com/index-e.html
- Keywords
- video-installation, art, emotion, consciousness, aesthetic experience
- Abstract: 200-500 words
- Bill Viola is one of the most internationally recognized video artists in the field of contemporary art. His installations challenge perception and evoke emotion. Drawing upon the latest findings in emotion theory, cognitive science, film studies, and philosophy, the author offers insight into the perception of Buried Secrets and elucidates the emotional impact of media art. Emotion is found to be the most important link between perception and experience, as well as the driving force behind profound realization within an aesthetic experience. The present study extends the theory of aesthetic perception in art history and at the same time distinguishes itself from traditional positions in aesthetics.