Author : Charles Batteux
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,30 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Art
ISBN : 019874711X
The Fine Arts Reduced to a Single Principle (1746) by Charles Batteux was arguably the most influential work on aesthetics published in the 18th century. James O. Young presents the first complete English translation of the work, with full annotations and a comprehensive introduction, which illuminate Batteux's continuing philosophical interest.
Author : Charles Batteux
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,53 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Aesthetics
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Author : Larry E. Shiner
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 25,57 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780226753430
"Larry Shiner challenges our conventional understandings of art and asks us to reconsider its history entirely, arguing that the category of ine art is a modern invention - and that the lines drawn between art and craft emerged only as the result of key European social transformations during the long eighteenth century"--Publisher's description.
Author : J. Colin McQuillan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 35,73 MB
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1783482133
Early Modern Aesthetics is a concise and accessible guide to the history of aesthetics in the early modern period. J. Colin McQuillan shows how philosophers concerned with art and beauty positioned themselves with respect to the ancients and the moderns, how they thought the arts were to be distinguished and classified, the principles they proposed for art and literary criticism, and how they made aesthetics a part of philosophy in the eighteenth century. The book explores the controversies that arose among philosophers with different views on these issues, their relation to the philosophy, science, and art, and their legacy for contemporary aesthetics.
Author : Moshe Barasch
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 24,55 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780415926263
This anthology examines Love's Labours Lost from a variety of perspectives and through a wide range of materials. Selections discuss the play in terms of historical context, dating, and sources; character analysis; comic elements and verbal conceits; evidence of authorship; performance analysis; and feminist interpretations. Alongside theater reviews, production photographs, and critical commentary, the volume also includes essays written by practicing theater artists who have worked on the play. An index by name, literary work, and concept rounds out this valuable resource.
Author : Thomas De Quincey
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 42,37 MB
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0141397896
'People begin to see that something more goes to the composition of a fine murder than two blockheads to kill and be killed - a knife - a purse - and a dark lane...' In this provocative and blackly funny essay, Thomas de Quincey considers murder in a purely aesthetic light and explains how practically every philosopher over the past two hundred years has been murdered - 'insomuch, that if a man calls himself a philosopher, and never had his life attempted, rest assured there is nothing in him'. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859). Thomas de Quincey's Confessions and an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings is available in Penguin Classics.
Author : John Dewey
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 35,25 MB
Release : 1935
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Author : Gordon Graham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 36,79 MB
Release : 2006-09-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1134563671
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.
Author : George Santayana
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 11,32 MB
Release : 1955-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780486202389
The great philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist masterfully offers his fascinating outline of Aesthetics Theory. Drawing on the art, literature, and social sciences involved, Santayana discusses the nature of beauty, form, and expression.
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Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 36,13 MB
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 1452154228
Molly Bang's brilliant, insightful, and accessible treatise is now revised and expanded for its 25th anniversary. Bang's powerful ideas—about how the visual composition of images works to engage the emotions, and how the elements of an artwork can give it the power to tell a story—remain unparalleled in their simplicity and genius. Why are diagonals dramatic? Why are curves calming? Why does red feel hot and blue feel cold? First published in 1991, Picture This has changed the way artists, illustrators, reviewers, critics, and readers look at and understand art.
