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Visual art and the reconstruction of the artist's gesture : phenomenological arguments for an alternative mirror theory

Helena De Preester (UGent)
(2023) Aesthetics, art, Heidegger, french philosophy. In The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy 21. p.139-153
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This contribution supports the idea that research on the beholder’s response to visual works of art benefits from recent suggestions from cognitive science about the role of embodied motor processes in experience. However, it argues that the current hypothesis of the beholder’s motor engagement that follows from the mirror neuron theory suffers from an inadequate view on the production of visual art, in particular with regard to the nature of the gestures involved. It therefore offers an account of the perception of visual works of art in which the role of embodied motor processes is central, but avoids a too “intentionalist” view on the artist’s gestures.
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Visual Art, Embodied Cognition, Mirror Neurons, Phenomenology, Gesture

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MLA
De Preester, Helena. “Visual Art and the Reconstruction of the Artist’s Gesture : Phenomenological Arguments for an Alternative Mirror Theory.” Aesthetics, Art, Heidegger, French Philosophy, edited by Burt Hopkins and Daniele De Santis, vol. 21, Routledge, 2023, pp. 139–53, doi:10.4324/9781003434801-10.
APA
De Preester, H. (2023). Visual art and the reconstruction of the artist’s gesture : phenomenological arguments for an alternative mirror theory. In B. Hopkins & D. De Santis (Eds.), Aesthetics, art, Heidegger, french philosophy (Vol. 21, pp. 139–153). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003434801-10
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De Preester, Helena. 2023. “Visual Art and the Reconstruction of the Artist’s Gesture : Phenomenological Arguments for an Alternative Mirror Theory.” In Aesthetics, Art, Heidegger, French Philosophy, edited by Burt Hopkins and Daniele De Santis, 21:139–53. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003434801-10.
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De Preester, Helena. 2023. “Visual Art and the Reconstruction of the Artist’s Gesture : Phenomenological Arguments for an Alternative Mirror Theory.” In Aesthetics, Art, Heidegger, French Philosophy, ed by. Burt Hopkins and Daniele De Santis, 21:139–153. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003434801-10.
Vancouver
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De Preester H. Visual art and the reconstruction of the artist’s gesture : phenomenological arguments for an alternative mirror theory. In: Hopkins B, De Santis D, editors. Aesthetics, art, Heidegger, french philosophy. Routledge; 2023. p. 139–53.
IEEE
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H. De Preester, “Visual art and the reconstruction of the artist’s gesture : phenomenological arguments for an alternative mirror theory,” in Aesthetics, art, Heidegger, french philosophy, vol. 21, B. Hopkins and D. De Santis, Eds. Routledge, 2023, pp. 139–153.
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