[PDF] Art’s Emotions: Ethics, Expression, and Aesthetic Experience

How is that artistic works have the power to move the human heart? Why does Manet’s Woman with a Parrot evoke reverie, and an Edward Elgar cello concerto, nostalgia? What is the value of such experiences? Art’s Emotions is a reflective, thought-provoking exploration of the significance that experiencing emotion through art has upon our lives.