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Aesthetic Value
Alan H. Goldman
Paperback - $75.95
In this concise survey, intended for advanced undergraduate students of aesthetics, Alan Goldman focuses on the question of aesthetic value, using many practical examples from painting, music, and literature to make his case. Although he treats a wid ...
Philosophy of the Arts : An Introduction to Aesthetics
Gordon Graham
Hardcover - $254.95
Most books on aesthetics tend to be either too theoretical for the arts or not theoretical enough for philosophy. This book strikes a new and better balance between these competing interests. By taking a normative question--why should we value the ar ...
Philosophy of the Arts : An Introduction to Aesthetics
Gordon Graham
Paperback - $72.95
Now in its third edition, (1st edn 1997, 2nd edn 2000) "Philosophy of the Arts" is distinctive edn. aesthetics textbook because it is structured largely by art-form, with a chapter each on music, poetry, architecture, painting and film - most other b ...
Kant and the Claims of Taste
Paul Guyer
Paperback - $138.95
Considered the standard commentary on Kant's aesthetic theory since first published in 1979, this detailed account of Kant's views on judgments of taste, aesthetic pleasure, imagination and many other topics is now available in a revised paperback ed ...
The Aesthetics of Mimesis : Ancient Texts and Modern Problems
Stephen Halliwell
Paperback - $61.95
"With wide-ranging erudition, bold philosophical insight, and a vibrant aesthetic sensibility, Stephen Halliwell demonstrates that the ancient Greek tradition of arguing about mimesis is not the crude and single-minded defense of literal copying that ...
Philol Aesthetics : Intro
Oswald Hanfling
Paperback - $94.95
This volume contains surveys of the main issues in philosophical aesthetics, as discussed by thinkers from ancient Greece to modern times. It is written by members of the Open University and the intention throughout is to make the issues intelligible ...
New Philosophy for New Media
Mark B. N. Hansen
Paperback - $35.95
In "New Philosophy for New Media," Mark Hansen defines the image in digital art in terms that go beyond the merely visual. Arguing that the " digital image" encompasses the entire process by which information is made perceivable, he places ...
The Ethical Function of Architecture
Karsten Harries
Paperback - $73.95
In a series of cogent and balanced arguments, Harries questions the premises on which architects and theorists have long relied - premises that have contributed to architecture's current identity crisis and marginalization. He first criticizes the ae ...