Susanne K. Langer and the Definition of Art

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This essay aims to analyze the conception of a work of art in the thought of Susanne K. Langer. The author offers us a definition of art, grounded on the idea that art is the “creation of symbolic forms of human feeling”. This thesis is, in turn, constructed from a robust theory of the symbolic function of the human mind.

Keywords

• susanne k. langer
• art
• symbol
• sign
• expressiveness