Aesthetics
Aesthetics

Author: Charles Taliaferro

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-12-01

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1780741251

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Explaining what art is and what’s not art. What is art? Why do we find some things beautiful but not others? Is it wrong to share MP3s? These are just some of the questions explored by aesthetics, the philosophy of art. In this sweeping introduction, Charles Taliaferro skilfully guides us through different theories of art and beauty, tackling issues such as who owns art and what happens when art and morality collide. From Plato on poetry to Ringo Starr on the drums, this is a perfect introductory text for anyone interested in the fascinating questions art can raise.

The Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics
The Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics

Author: Jerrold Levinson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2005-01-27

Total Pages: 844

ISBN-13: 9780199279456

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'The Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics' has assembled 48 brand-new essays, making this a comprehensive guide available to the theory, application, history, and future of the field.

The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics
The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics

Author: Peter Kivy

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-02-09

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1405143061

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The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics is the most authoritativesurvey of the central issues in contemporary aesthetics available.The volume features eighteen newly commissioned papers on theevaluation of art, the interpretation of art, and many other formsof art such as literature, movies, and music. Provides a guide to the central traditional and cutting edgeissues in aesthetics today. Written by a distinguished cast of contributors, includingPeter Kivy, George Dickie, Noël Carroll, Paul Guyer, TedCohen, Marcia Eaton, Joseph Margolis, Berys Gaut, NicholasWolterstrorff, Susan Feagin, Peter Lamarque, Stein Olsen, FrancisSparshott, Alan Goldman, Jenefer Robinson, Mary Mothersill, DonaldCrawford, Philip Alperson, Laurent Stern and Amie Thomasson. Functions as the ideal text for undergraduate and graduatecourses in aesthetics, art theory, and philosophy of art.

Introducing Aesthetics
Introducing Aesthetics

Author: Christopher Kul-Want

Publisher: Icon Books Ltd

Published: 2014-12-01

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 184831888X

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What is beauty, and what is truth? These are some of the questions which aesthetics tries to answer. In our everyday life, we talk about the 'aesthetics' of an artwork or a piece of design. But aesthetics goes beyond the simple experience of art. It is also a branch of philosophy concerned with the whole nature of experience itself, explored through our perceptions, feelings and emotions.

Guide to Aesthetics
Guide to Aesthetics

Author: Benedetto Croce

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9780872203044

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A reprint of the Library of Liberal Arts edition of 1965. Croce's Guide presents one of the clearest and strongest defenses of the intuitive nature of art in Western philosophical thought.

Aesthetics and Literature
Aesthetics and Literature

Author: David Davies

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2007-08-19

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0826496113

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Reading is an essential life skill; it can raise intelligence and develop confidence in learning. Susan Elkin's handy, introductory guide outlines teaching concepts and practical strategies to encourage reading both in and out of the classroom. Topics covered include: - Creative suggestions to encourage reading in all age groups - Ideas to support reading for pleasure as well as for information gathering - Making the most of schemes offering incentives for children to read - This is essential reading for all teachers.

Analyzing Art and Aesthetics
Analyzing Art and Aesthetics

Author: Anne Collins Goodyear

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

Published: 2013-10-30

Total Pages: 527

ISBN-13: 1935623230

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This ninth volume of the Artefacts series explores how artists have responded to developments in science and technology, past and present. Rather than limiting the discussion to art alone, editors Anne Collins Goodyear and Margaret Weitekamp also asked contributors to consider aesthetics: the scholarly consideration of sensory responses to cultural objects. When considered as aesthetic objects, how do scientific instruments or technological innovations reflect and embody culturally grounded assessments about appearance, feel, and use? And when these objects become museum artifacts, what aesthetic factors affect their exhibition? Contributors found answers in the material objects themselves. This volume reconsiders how science, technology, art, and aesthetics impact one another.

An Introduction to Aesthetics
An Introduction to Aesthetics

Author: Dabney Townsend

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Published: 1997-12-08

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781557867308

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This volume is a fascinating introduction to the core themes and basic methods of aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Providing an analytic and historical treatment of the issues, and including many illustrative examples to both motivate and reinforce theoretical discussion, An Introduction to Aesthetics d is the ideal course book for the philosophical novice. It includes an Appendix (containing the texts referred to in the book), a comprehensive Glossary and further reading suggestions to help the student reader develop a deeper comprehension of the field.