Freud's Aesthetics - Psychoanalytic Approach in Art Research

Author: (USA) Speckter / Country:
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: In the current so-called knowledge economy era, the immense pressures of real-life are increasing day by day. People not only need various useful knowledge as means to find employment and make a living, but also require aesthetic wisdom as a for self-redemption. This kind of wisdom, in the realm of artistic expression, helps achieve creation from nothingness or breaking conventions to establish something new; in terms of spiritual life, it helps cultivate a taste for appreciating the myriad things or aesthetic freedom for self-entertainment. With this wisdom, people can hope to restore their true self-knowledge, improve their quality of life, and further see the true essence of life from calm seas and still waters, recognize the nature of the mind from faint tastes and sparse sounds, listen to the harmonious melodies of heaven and nature in the rustling of pine trees and the gurgling of springs, and perceive the wondrous beauty of the universe in the misty light at the grassy edges and the reflections of clouds in the water. In environmental design and artistic decoration, one can savor the elegance and refinement, and from fine works such as calligraphy, painting, music, and dance, obtain various aesthetic experiences. It is worth mentioning that in Western cultural tradition, love of wisdom is philosophy, and wisdom has two wings. One is the theoretical focus on contemplation and reflection, while the other is the practical approach of taking concrete actions. This original meaning has endured for over two thousand years, evolving in Croce's spiritual philosophy into a "two categories, four dimensions" system. Following this line of thought, the human pursuit of wisdom in cognitive activities is divided into the two major categories of theory and practice.