American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Montreal, March 30-April 2, 2006

Perception, Artistic Creation, and the Emergence of 'Aesthetics'

By the time Alexander Baumgarten coined the term "Aesthetica" in
the 1730s and defined it as the "science of sensual cognition and
representation," theories of perception and models of literary and
artistic creation had become a recurring theme among philosophers and
authors throughout Europe. Theoretical and literary works by such
notable figures as Berkeley, Shaftesbury, Haller, Bodmer & Breitinger,
Gottsched, DuBos, and Rousseau introduced a new focus on the varieties
of sensual perception and discussed a number of very different possible
inspirations and motivations for artistic production. These early
theories significantly shaped the language, scope, and ideas of models
of aesthetics that emerged near the end of the century in the works of
Hume, Burke, Hamann, Herder, Kant and others.

This panel seeks papers that address particular theories of perception
and/or artistic creation and the aesthetic they imply, or that trace the
developments and/or ruptures in the nascent discipline of aesthetics 
during the eighteenth century.

Please send 1-2pp. abstracts to Corey Roberts, Northern Illinois
University
([log in to unmask]) by September 15.

F. Corey Roberts
Assistant Professor of German
111 Watson Hall
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115


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F. Corey Roberts
Assistant Professor of German
Northern Illinois University
Department of Foreign Languages
111 Watson Hall
DeKalb, IL 60115
Phone: 815-753-6465
Fax: 815-753-5989
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