Development of the Emergent Theory of Aesthetic Nursing Practice (AesNURP)

Theory is necessary to science and science grounds legitimate and essential practice. This is true for Nursing as a discipline of knowledge and a practicing profession. Nevertheless, should all science or research within a scientific field be focused on theoretical development and testing? Currently, various nursing theories exist to describe and explain the phenomena of nursing. Often, the development of nursing theory is in response to advancing ontologies and epistemologies of nursing. The advent of technology is one of these advances challenging the professional practice of nursing. How will nursing practice be made visible and realistic in the face of traditional nursing care practice? Nursing practice processes, derived from theories of nursing, provide opportunities for demonstrating practice grounded in the science of nursing. The purpose of this article is to describe the development of the emergent theory of Aesthetic Nursing Practice, focus on illuminating caring for person through the process of encountering, co-creating caring relationships, and meaningful engaging between the nurse and nursed through caring encounters occurring in caring situations. Five assumptions and a model of practice are described. As a contemporary theory of Nursing, it describes caring for persons who remain wholes and enhance their well-being.

论20世纪西方先锋派艺术的“审美政治”问题

20世纪上半叶西方先锋派艺术兴衰更迭的历史,不单是艺术家们为时代立言、为社会塑形的进步史,20世纪上半叶亦见证了德国表现主义、意大利未来主义与包豪斯艺术为政治僭用的历史。在西方先锋派艺术革故鼎新的风格史之外,另存在一则艺术的“堕落”谱系:艺术家期待中能够重塑未来方向的形式发展史不断被扭曲、中断,艺术与政治、美学与意识形态处在复杂纠葛中。在一种政治神话塑造机制下,表现主义艺术的神秘主义与包豪斯的理智主义兼容无碍,共同服务于审美政治的意识形态策略。究其原因,是一批西方先锋派艺术在唯美主义立场下放弃政治伦理判断,以支离破碎的感受经验取代客观社会联系的表达,这导致审美价值与社会关切的绝然二分。正是潜藏在西方先锋派艺术中的审美政治陷阱,使一众先锋派艺术的形式革新诉求终结于意识形态神话。

宗白华美学建构中的英美思想传统

在中国现代美学史上,宗白华的美学(包括艺术学)具有“反体系”的诗化特征,是一种“星丛式”的思想集合体。宗氏这一“星丛式”的美学,从本体论看,它是生命(机体主义)美学;从艺术学看,它是艺术的形上学;从经验论看,它是创造论的诗学。这个美学模式建构的过程,先后受到怀特海的机体主义、佩特的唯美主义和帕克的表现主义等英美思想传统的潜在影响。

里与表的交融——探索新影视形象的塑造

成功的人物造型不仅是里与表的表现手法之统一,而且是符合大众审美心理的特点价值传递与精神塑造相结合的必然趋向。并且,表现主义和唯美主义在新影视的人物造型创作过程中逐渐成为现代人欣赏的主流风格。