Embodied Poses
Leo Steinberg, Kinesthetic Empathy, and Dance Theory in the 1960s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11211131 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kerr Houston (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 335-352 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dance Chronicle (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0147-2526 • E-ISSN: 1532-4257 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01472526.2017.1370353 |
| OpenAlex | W2767238998 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The art historian Leo Steinberg regularly recommended imitating the poses of figures depicted in artworks as a means of understanding the motivations of the figures. Such an approach was related to the concept of Einfühlung, or empathy, which had been discussed in German aesthetic circles in the late 1800s. But when Steinberg began to use the approach, it was also associated with the world of dance, a sphere with which he was also familiar. This essay considers Steinberg's method in relation to the discursive traditions of art history and dance theory, detailing connections while also acknowledging distinctions in motivation
Aesthetics · Art · Dance · Developmental psychology · Embodied cognition · Empathy · Epistemology · German · Kinesthetic learning · Linguistics · Relation (database) · Visual arts · Art, Politics, and Modernism · Art, Technology, and Culture · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |