title: Artists' intentions and artwork meanings: some complications.
abstract: Artists' intentions are among the primary data retrieved by art appreciators. However, artistic creation is not always deliberate; artists sometimes fail in their intentions; artists' achievements depend on artworld roles, not only intentions; factors external to the artist contribute to artwork meaning; artworks stand apart from their creators; and interpretation need not be exclusively concerned with recovering intended meaning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. sj.davies@auckland.ac.nz
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D001154:Art / Q000266:history*; D003071:Cognition; D004954:Esthetics / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011584:Psychology / Q000379:methods*