Winckelmannâs Haptic Gaze: A Somaesthetic Interpretation

Yanping Gao

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Winckelmannâs experience and theory of art are deeply marked by his body consciousness in different ways. This essay explains how his process of seeing sculptures is not merely a simple glance, but a distinctive optical mode, i.e., his characteristic contemplative gaze (Betrachtung). This special way of looking comes about through a visually haptic engagement during his appreciative experience of art, and it, consequently, implicitly influences his judgments on sculpture, including his evaluations of their beauty.

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Aesthetic Experience and Somaesthetics

Series:Â Studies in Somaesthetics, Volume: 1

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004361928

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 31 Jan 2018

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