Arnheim, Gestalt and Media
Ian Verstegen
Springer International Publishing 
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Allgemeines, Lexika
Beschreibung
This monograph presents a synthesis and reconstruction of Rudolf Arnheim’s theory of media. Combining both Arnheim’s well-known writings on film and radio with his later work on the psychology of art, the author presents a coherent approach to the problem of the nature of a medium, space and time, and the differentia between different media. The latent ontological commitments of Arnheim’s theories is drawn out by affirming Arnheim’s membership in the Brentano school of Austrian philosophy, which allows his theories to be clarified and strengthened, particularly with the metaphysical writings of Roman Ingarden. The resulting theory is relational, portraying essential medial differences with neutral criteria and allowing for a rigorous definition of a medium. The way in which a medium is based on the inherent dispositions of medial materials creates a highly appealing theory that is determinate without being deterministic. The theory is thus highly timely as people in media studies seekto address the determinate nature of media after the post-medium condition. The book will appeal to researchers and graduate students in cultural and media studies as well as architecture and design.
Kundenbewertungen
20th Century Animation and the Concretization of Make-Believe, Two Elementary Classes of Aesthetic Objects, Artistic Composites, Media Ontology, Defining Difference in Media, Medial Differentiation, Rudolf Arnheim, What is a Medium, Spatial and Temporal Modalities, Presence and Virtual Reality, Ontology of the Individual Media, Ontology of Renaissance Realism, Roman Ingarden