Browsing Journals (South African Journal of Art History (SAJAH)) by Subject "Empathy"

Browsing Journals (South African Journal of Art History (SAJAH)) by Subject "Empathy"

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  • Art and the dream of self-transcendence 
    Hurst, Andrea; Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2013)
    Given a fundamental ontology that takes materiality to be essentially “no-thingness”, I explore the claim that humans create art in response to the dream of self-transcendence. I unpack the paradoxical idea that transcendence ...
  • Design and empathy 
    Kruger, Runette (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2008)
    The relationship between design and empathy is not unproblematic. Consideration of this relationship brings several questions to mind, including whether it is possible for design to be practiced in a predominantly empathetic ...
  • Empathy as perception in downtown Los Angeles and the Walt Disney Concert Hall as an act of architecture 
    Geldenhuys, Daniel G. (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2008)
    The present article suggests that empathy is not the sole preserve of human beings, and that a city or buildings can also relate with empathy to people and the environment. The Walt Disney Concert Hall, designed by the ...
  • From flatness to centeredness : defining empathy in design and why nature is the best designer 
    Van Bergen, Jan Willem (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2008)
    In this article I will be elaborating a position first articulated by R. Buckminster Fuller. This position is that the geometry we rely on to inform and motivate our acts is central to our being in the world, and hence our ...