December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
3h 39m
English
One of the most powerful things that art can do is to communicate sensitivity. The artist awakens the viewer to fine distinctions in the perception of various features of the world. These can include color, texture, line, tone, touch, and atmosphere. For instance, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’s graphite drawings are exquisitely sensitive to nuances of shape and form and also display a great sensitivity to more narrative qualities, such as carriage, posture, and character. In looking at such works, the viewer shares in a state of heightened sensitivity.
“Sensibility,” on the other hand, refers to that quality in an individual that allows him or her to respond with feeling to people, the world, or works of art. ...