Description
This Key Concepts pivot explores the aesthetic concept of ‘imaginative contemplation.’ Drawing on key literature to provide a comprehensive and systematic study of the term, the book offers a unique analysis and definition of the connotations of the term, describing its aesthetic mentality and examining the issue of imaginative contemplation versus imagination in artistic creative thinking, especially as regards the characteristics of contingent thinking in aesthetics. It focuses on drawing parallels between imaginative contemplation and aesthetic emotions, aesthetic rationality, and artistic expression as well as aesthetic form. Examining the relationship between imaginative contemplation and the aesthetic configuration, the book provides a valuable introduction to aesthetic theory in Chinese philosophy and art.
Table of Contents
“Shen Si:” An innovation as a significant aesthetic category.- The generative mechanism of artistic stimulation and associations in “Shen Si”.- “Shen Si” and imagination in thinking in artistic creation.- Characteristics of fortuitous thinking in “Shen Si”.- “Aesthetics” and “aesthetic emotions”.- “Shen Si” and artistic medium.
