Personal Style and Artistic Style
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4351614 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nick Riggle (0000-0002-4733-6623, Lafayette College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 261 |
| Pages | 711-731 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pq/pqv026 |
| OpenAlex | W2153282094 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 15 |
What is it for a person to have style? Philosophers working in action theory, ethics and aesthetics are surprisingly quiet on this question. I begin by considering whether theories of artistic style shed any light on it. Many philosophers, artists and art historians are attracted to some version of the view that artistic style is the expression of personality. I clarify this view and argue that it is implausible for both artistic style and, suitably modified, personal style. In fact, both theories of style crack along the same line, which suggests that they can indeed be mutually illuminating. I articulate and defend a view of personal style according to which, roughly, having style is a matter of expressing one's ideals. I show how this illuminates the widely neglected value of personal style and propose a new, analogous theory of artistic style: artistic style is the expression of the ideals the artist has for her art.
Action (physics) · Aesthetics · Art · Expression (computer science) · Literature · Personality · Style (visual arts) · Value (mathematics) · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Computer Science · Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology
Trust and Sincerity in Art
Aesthetic Habits in Performing Arts
The Aesthetic Constitution of Genders
Of Soulmates and Old Spouses
Aesthetic selves as objects of interpersonal understanding
Meaning and beauty
Aesthetic Benevolence
Aesthetic Discovery and Seeking to Understand
Do good lives make good stories
Creativity as a higher agency
Personal clothing style and self-concept
Style Appropriation, Intimacy, and Expressiveness
Tool, Collaborator, or Participant
| Citations per year | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |