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.

Aesthetics
Aesthetics

Author: Bence Nanay

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0198826613

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Bence Nanay introduces aesthetics, a branch of philosophy that explores the nature of art, beauty, and taste. Looking beyond traditional artistic experiences, he defends the topic from accusations of elitism, and shows how more everyday experiences such as the pleasure in a soft fabric or falling leaves can become the subject of aesthetics.

Philosophy of the Arts
Philosophy of the Arts

Author: Gordon Graham

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-09-07

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1134563671

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A new edition of this bestselling introduction to aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Includes new sections on digital music and environmental aesthetics. All other chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated.

Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art
Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art

Author: Robert Stecker

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2010-02-16

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1442201282

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Praised in its original edition for its up-to-date, rigorous presentation of current debates and for the clarity of its presentation, Robert Stecker's new edition of Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art preserves the major themes and conclusions of the original, while expanding its content, providing new features, and enhancing accessibility. Stecker introduces students to the history and evolution of aesthetics, and also makes an important distinction between aesthetics and philosophy of art. While aesthetics is the study of value, philosophy of art deals with a much wider array of questions including issues in metaphysics, epistemology, the philosophy of mind, as well value theory. Described as a 'remarkably unified introduction to many contemporary debates in aesthetics and the philosophy of art,' Stecker specializes in sympathetically laying bear the play of argument that emerges as competing views on a topic engage each other. This book does not simply present a controversy in its current state of play, but instead demonstrates a philosophical mind at work helping to advance the issue toward a solution.

Philosophical Aesthetics
Philosophical Aesthetics

Author: Oswald Hanfling

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Published: 1992-04-08

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 9780631180357

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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 and interesting to as wide an audience as possible, including those readers with a general interest in the arts as well as more advanced students. The volume begins with questions about the nature of art and beauty. Are there any limitations to what may count as a work of art? Are imitations and forgeries really less valuable than original works? This is followed by discussions of aesthetic experience, truth and the 'imitation of nature' in works of art. In later chapters the emphasis is on the value and evaluation of art. Should art exist for the good of society? What justification is there for censorship in the case of pornography? The final chapters deal with Marxist theories of art, and with structuralist and post-structuralist views in recent continental writings.

An Introduction to Aesthetics
An Introduction to Aesthetics

Author: E. F. Carritt

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-07-24

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 1000156486

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This book provides an introduction into the subject of aesthetics and the problems associated with it. It emphasizes that aesthetics is not strictly a criterion or rule for production or appreciation. The book will be of interest to students of both art and philosophy.

Aesthetics
Aesthetics

Author: Anne Sheppard

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0192891642

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This book provides an accessible introduction to aesthetics, especially in relation to literature, and is particularly useful for readers new to literary theory and contemporary philosophy. Anne Sheppard discusses what it is that all works of art have in common - what gives them their value asart - and asks, wisely, whether there can ever be one correct interpretation of a work of art. The scope of the book includes chapters on form, beauty and aesthetic appreciation, and the relationship between art and morals.

An Introduction to Kant's Aesthetics
An Introduction to Kant's Aesthetics

Author: Christian Helmut Wenzel

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-04-15

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1405150157

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In An Introduction to Kant’s Aesthetics, Christian Wenzel discusses and demystifies Kant’s Critique of the Power of Judgment, guiding the reader each step of the way and placing key points of discussion in the context of Kant’s other work. Explains difficult concepts in plain language, using numerous examples and a helpful glossary. Proceeds in the same order as Kant’s text for ease of reference and comprehension. Includes an illuminating foreword by Henry E. Allison. Offers twenty-six further-reading sections, commenting briefly on books and articles from the English, German, and French, that are relevant for each topic Provides an extensive bibliography and a chapter summarizing Kant's main points.

Introduction to Aesthetics
Introduction to Aesthetics

Author: George Dickie

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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The responses of the cultural theories in the 1960s to these earlier developments are then discussed in detail. Four addition topics - intentionalistic criticism, symbolism, metaphor, and expression - are also addressed. Finally, five traditional art evaluational theories are presented, and the author constructs an evaluational theory of his own by building on ideas drawn from the work of Monroe Beardsley and Nelson Goodman.

The Arts in Education
The Arts in Education

Author: Michael P. Fleming

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780415620291

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In this book Mike Fleming introduces the reader to key theoretical questions associated with arts education and clearly explains how these are related to practice.