Grotesque art aesthetics

Author: Liu Famin
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: The theory of the grotesque originated and developed in the West. Western aesthetics, the grotesque is composed of two elements: ugliness and comedy, and the reception response is both frightening and laughable. Based on this, this book analyzes and studies a large number of examples of the grotesque in art and reality, providing the extreme abnormalization construction principles of grotesque art and its aesthetic value, the similarities and differences between grotesque art and other art forms and real life, the construction techniques and sources of inspiration for grotesque art, and evaluation criteria for abnormal art. It explores the aesthetic thought of grotesque art from a comprehensive and multi-angle perspective for the first time.