OUGD601 - Books on Phenomenology (Art and Design)

• The Phenomenology of Modern Art by Paul Crowther.
• Phenomenologies of Art and Vision by Paul Crowther.
  
  Contemporary discussions of the image like to emphasise art's societal functions. To address the question of how painting becomes an art, Crowther uses the analytic philosophy of Richard Wollheim as a starting point. But to sufficiently answer the question, he makes an important link to a tradition much more successful in giving voice to the deeper ontology of visual art - existential phenomenology. The result is a work that demonstrates the reciprocal relationship between phenomenology and analytic aesthetics.

Both books concern phenomenology in regards to 'art' in general and one more specifically to modern art, however some aspects of the book's arguments and theories could potentially also be translated into the context of Graphic Design as a potential art form (themes of phenomenology and aesthetics).

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/phenomenologies-of-art-and-vision-9781472579652/
(Accessed 14 September 2018).