Browsing Journals (South African Journal of Art History (SAJAH)) by Subject "Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976"

Browsing Journals (South African Journal of Art History (SAJAH)) by Subject "Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976"

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  • "Avatar" : ecopolitics, technology, science, art and myth 
    Olivier, Bert (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2010)
    This paper is an ecopolitical interpretation of James Cameron’s recent film, "Avatar". By ‘ecopolitical’ is meant that the film is not merely ecologically significant – in so far as it stresses the vital interconnectedness ...
  • The concepts of art in Aristotle's "Nicomachean ethics" : from "mimesis" to communication 
    Proimos, Constantinos V. (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2001)
    In his Friedrich Nietzsche lectures, Martin Heidegger's attempt to define art with terms such as technical knowledge, care, carefulness of concern, poetry, seems to be directly inspired by Aristotle's "Nicomachean ethics". ...
  • 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 ...
  • The (extra)ordinary (con)texts of beauty and be-ing 
    Kruger, Runette (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2009)
    This article aims to interrogate Japanese theorist Sōetsu Yanagi’s philosophical writings on Zen Buddhism and Zen aesthetics (as expounded in his essays published in The unknown craftsman: a Japanese insight into beauty), ...
  • "Ise Jingu" : a manifestation of the coeval past, present and future 
    Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2002)
    The purpose of this article is not to describe, but mainly to interpret the meaning of "Ise Jingu", Japan, as a unique manifestation of Shinto architecture. For this purpose, reference is made to ideas expressed by Japanese ...
  • Passionate living and truth-telling techné 
    Hurst, Andrea (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2007)
    It is a commonplace among philosophers that we actualize our humanity most fully by “living a creative life,” and that creativity is the response to desire or passion. In this article, I argue that Plato’s “cave allegory,” ...
  • Towards an interpretation of Chinese art 
    Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 1991-11-08)
    The purpose of this article is to attempt an interpretation of the philosophical underpinning of Chinese art. In order to elucidate the meditative basis of Chinese art, western concepts which are considered to be complementary ...
  • Worshipping with the fourfold at the temple complex at Delphi, Greece, the Inner Shrine at Ise, Japan, and St. Peter's Basilica at Rome 
    Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2012)
    The aim of this article is to critique Martin Heidegger’s fourfold as a static concept and to reformulate it as a dynamic concept to be applied as a criterion to assess the architectural excellence of the temple complex ...