The Aesthetic Essence of Art

Abstract

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Is Stand-Up Comedy Art?

“…Lastly, in all this talk of art, we have made mention only in passing of one of the key components of stand‐up comedy: that it is created with the intention of evoking laughter. While the functionalist idea of it “providing a [generally] pleasurable experience” (Davies 2001b, 171) does not exhaust definitions of art, the notion that a thing of art is intended to be apprehended not only intellectually but through some form of affective appreciation still lingers (Lind 1992). While space prohibits taking up this idea here, affectivity nevertheless lies at the core of both vernacular theory and scholarship on stand‐up comedy: that it exists not only in part but primarily to produce an affective response, and its success or failure is marked almost purely by how well it does so 11…”

The Value of Aesthetic Experience

“…The claim that experience has no phenomenal character in itself is, according to him, more or less based on verbal legerdemain. 38 For just what is meant by "the phenomenal character of experience"? I would say that my having an experience with a certain phenomenal character is none other than my having a given phenomenal feature.…”

The Art of Nursing: A Concept Analysis

“…In many cases, the two were utilized interchangeably; however, an attempt to distinguish between them was found in each field. Within aesthetics, Lind (1992) maintains that artwork is the product or result of art, which is a creative process. "Art is the creative arrangement of one or more media with the immediate principal purpose of communicating a sigruficant aesthetic object.…”

“…interpretation of the artwork is a crucial element. Lind (1992) suggests that the moment something is considered an artwork it becomes subject to interpretation.…”