Expression of Emotion in the Visual Arts

<p>The visual arts have long been held to have an intimate link with emotions. Despite this the topic remains underexplored; when the expression of emotion is discussed it is usually in relation to music.</p><p>This volume corrects this lacuna and presents a variety of perspectives on the expression of emotion in the visual arts with contributions from both established and early career academics. There are chapters on the empathy theory of beauty; enaction and artistic expression; emotion and experimental psychology; a ‘persona’ theory of visual expression; and self-expression in portraiture. There are also chapters discussing the contributions to the topic by Susanne Langer and Richard Wollheim as well as a chapter comparing the work of R.G. Collingwood and Maurice Merleau-Ponty.</p><p><em>The Expression of Emotion in the Visual Arts</em> will be of interest to students and researchers in the philosophy of art and aesthetics as well as those interested in conceptual issues in the visual arts.</p>