This paper discusses some perspectives as to whether the status of a form of art can claimed for sporting activities. I would like to question the assumptions contained within this point of view, by examining the idea of sporting activities being open to, and objects of, aesthetic appraisal; but also to go further and question the idea of sporting activities ever achieving the status of an art form. I would like to hypothesise that while a sporting activity can be an object of aesthetic appraisal, sports cannot attain the status of an art form
The disciplines of arts and sport are usually divided in education, research, professional practice ...
Art and sport tend to be regarded as very dissimilar areas of human endeavour. Yet, the excellence o...
This thesis is concerned with understanding sport theory based on art theory. In so doing, in extend...
The author points out the artlike traits of sport in order to show what a valuable topic it could be...
I here attempt to show that sport can legitimately be regarded as art. Both art and sport appear to ...
The paper highlights the centrality of some concepts from philosophy of sport for philosophical aest...
I argue that sport can be considered aesthetic and thus converge with a certain view of art. We can ...
Two examples highlight the distinction that the sports philosopher David Best made in Philosophy and...
imove, which became Yorkshire and Humberside’s regional programme for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, wa...
Football is widely referred to as the ‘beautiful game’. This gives the impression that the sport can...
A considerable volume of research has explored spectators’ attraction to the aesthetic aspects of sp...
This study attempted to analyze and synthesize the concepts of sport and metacritical aesthetics and...
There appears to be an increasing interest in looking at various sporting activities from the aesthe...
A brief comment is made about the relation of sport and art before looking at the nature of sport an...
In today's highly technical and product-oriented world, sport, like many other things, has become a...
The disciplines of arts and sport are usually divided in education, research, professional practice ...
Art and sport tend to be regarded as very dissimilar areas of human endeavour. Yet, the excellence o...
This thesis is concerned with understanding sport theory based on art theory. In so doing, in extend...
The author points out the artlike traits of sport in order to show what a valuable topic it could be...
I here attempt to show that sport can legitimately be regarded as art. Both art and sport appear to ...
The paper highlights the centrality of some concepts from philosophy of sport for philosophical aest...
I argue that sport can be considered aesthetic and thus converge with a certain view of art. We can ...
Two examples highlight the distinction that the sports philosopher David Best made in Philosophy and...
imove, which became Yorkshire and Humberside’s regional programme for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, wa...
Football is widely referred to as the ‘beautiful game’. This gives the impression that the sport can...
A considerable volume of research has explored spectators’ attraction to the aesthetic aspects of sp...
This study attempted to analyze and synthesize the concepts of sport and metacritical aesthetics and...
There appears to be an increasing interest in looking at various sporting activities from the aesthe...
A brief comment is made about the relation of sport and art before looking at the nature of sport an...
In today's highly technical and product-oriented world, sport, like many other things, has become a...
The disciplines of arts and sport are usually divided in education, research, professional practice ...
Art and sport tend to be regarded as very dissimilar areas of human endeavour. Yet, the excellence o...
This thesis is concerned with understanding sport theory based on art theory. In so doing, in extend...