fear and loathing art, painting anxiety responses

Abuse of theory in contemporary art practice draw amygdala activation.

Amygdala activation in response to threat-related artistic facial expressions draws affective arousal.

Aristotle

an eccentric theory of Art

Seeking synthesis under the umbrella of an eccentric theory of art.

Hegel

fear and loathing art, painting anxiety responses

Theories on why we like art are in books hauted by the ghost of past art models

Things one fears for no real reason, apparently obsessed by an idee fixe, have the impertinent tendency to come about.

Theodor Adorno