Feeling and Form: A Theory of Art Developed from Philosophy in a New Key

by Susanne K. Langer

Art history.

431 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1953

About the author

Susanne Katherina Langer (née Knauth) (December 20, 1895 – July 17, 1985) was an American philosopher of mind and of art, who was influenced by Ernst Cassirer and Alfred North Whitehead. She was one of the first women to achieve an academic career in philosophy and the first woman to be popularly and professionally recognized as an American philosopher. Langer is best known for her 1942 book entitled, Philosophy in a New Key. (wikipedia)