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# How Art Works: A Psychological Exploration Kindle Edition

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    The mysteries of how art works, solved and unsolved
  

*by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2018*

This book offers an extraordinary combination of  social science detective stories, art appreciation moments, and respectful critiques of philosophers.  A combination that is as enjoyable to read as it is instructive to study.Detective stories. Many of the chapters begin as puzzles. Winner doggedly pursues each case, relying on the investigations of previous researchers in experimental  psychology. Winner brings the research literature to life, and at appropriate moments even welcome the reader into her own lab. We learn, for example, that even if an attribution is false (indicating that the painting is fake when it is not; and vice versa), most people like and value more highly the object that is really by the artist. Interesting and somewhat reassuring.Art appreciation.  An experimental psychologists’ approach to art could easily turn into a reductionist exercise: my positive reaction to this painting or my love of this symphony are merely epiphenomena of brain activity, or possibly confused or repressed emotions.  To the contrary, Winner takes our ordinary reactions seriously, sometimes validating them and sometimes correcting them.  Reading literature may not make us more empathetic but acting or role playing does.  We see more in abstract expressionism than we think we do.Respectful critiques of philosophers. Winner respects the questions philosophers of art ask (and even some of their answers), but she shows that they accept some empirical assumptions that cannot be sustained. I think many readers will come away convinced that the psychologists’ inquiries are at least as interesting as those of philosophers, and probably more productive (in the sense of holding promise of reaching definite conclusions).  The chapter on objectivity (exploring the puzzles about judgments of good and bad in art) struck me as a good example of taking philosophy seriously but turning the questions into more productive directions.This book brings together in a highly readable form the contemporary work of psychologists of art, and in the process should stimulate anyone who appreciates art to think anew about emotion in art and judgment about art.

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    A man’s reach should exceed his grasp
  

*by G***N on Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2019*

The promo for this excellent endeavor was enticing. I could, at long last, have the (absolute) philosophical standards for good art that I had so long sought after so many frustrated museum trips. Alas, it was not to be. In the last analysis I would have to continue my dialogues with friends about what constitutes good art; Caravaggio, Bach, YES; Richter, Stockhausen, NO. I have very strong opinions. In reality this is a five star work. So, how can Prof. Winner hat that extra star - find my answer!

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    A page-turner
  

*by P***S on Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2018*

I received Winner's book the day before yesterday and began reading it immediately. I've already finished it. What a marvelous piece. My only regret is that although I had so much work to do, I was derailed because I couldn't put the book down. It's so smart and insightful, with the right balance between modesty and firm, well-reasoned opinions backed by research. And it is written by a master craftsman who knows how to weave an intriguing and nuanced tale. Anyone interested in the intersect of the arts and psychology (with lots more tossed in) must read this book, even if you are in the midst of other work.

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