The Folkway of Art
An Analysis of the Social Theories of Art
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2200357 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John H Mueller (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1938 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 222-238 |
| Publication date | 1938-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/217971 |
| OpenAlex | W2021424377 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
For a century or more the analysis of art and aesthetics has been practiced chiefly by philosophers and artists. The fields of art and science were considered essentially antithetical in methodology as well as in practice. Art was the product of the intuition of the privileged man, and science of the disciplined reason which almost anyone could exercise. Although the "great man theory" of art still lingers, there is evidence of an interest in the social analysis of aesthetic culture. Aesthetic culture has been variously conceived as a "social luxury," as a reflection of its age, as an autonomous experience, as an escape from personal disorganization. From the critique of these theories it is apparent that beauty is a folkway that is buttressed by rationalizations that are linked to certain circumstances. It is almost more plausible to state that the theory of art is socially conditioned that that art itself is so determined
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Art methodology · Beauty · Contemporary art · Epistemology · Intuition · Social practice · Social theory · Sociology · Theory of art · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2003 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |