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ERIC Number: EJ260669
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982
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An Exercise in Artistic Understanding.
Mason, Rachel
Studies in Art Education, v23 n2 p27-35 1982
Describes an attempt to use two theories of literary criticism as a research strategy for interpreting art. Paul Ricoeur's interpretation theory and Northrup Frye's Anatomy of Criticism were adopted as approaches to the problem of understanding religious or mystical paintings by Norman Adams. (AM)
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Art Education, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Research Methodology
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Art Criticism; Frye (Northrup)