The Aesthetics of Art
Author : Liza Renia Papi
Publisher : Cognella Academic Publishing
Page : pages
File Size : 20,88 MB
Release : 2021-07-26
Category :
ISBN : 9781793546265
Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art
Author : Robert Stecker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 10,99 MB
Release : 2010-02-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1442201282
Book Description
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.
Aesthetics and Painting
Author : Jason Gaiger
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 42,74 MB
Release : 2008-10-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1441103643
Book Description
Aesthetics and Painting introduces and opens up current debates and ideas in the aesthetics of painting. At the book's center is an investigation of the complex relationship between what a painting depicts and the means by which it is depicted. The book looks at: how and why painting may be distinguished from other art forms; the relationship between the painted surface and the depicted subject; the "rules of representation" specific to painting; abstract art and nonrepresentational painting; the most recent technological and aesthetic developments and their implications; the role of the artist-and that of the spectator. A sophisticated treatment of major ideas in art and philosophy, Aesthetics and Painting remains highly readable throughout, offering a clear and coherent account of the nature of painting as an art form.
The Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics
Author : Jerrold Levinson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 10,87 MB
Release : 2005-01-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780199279456
Book Description
'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.
Conversations on Art and Aesthetics
Author : Hans Maes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 38,15 MB
Release : 2017-05-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0191509620
Book Description
What is art? What counts as an aesthetic experience? Does art have to beautiful? Can one reasonably dispute about taste? What is the relation between aesthetic and moral evaluations? How to interpret a work of art? Can we learn anything from literature, film or opera? What is sentimentality? What is irony? How to think philosophically about architecture, dance, or sculpture? What makes something a great portrait? Is music representational or abstract? Why do we feel terrified when we watch a horror movie even though we know it to be fictional? In Conversations on Art and Aesthetics, Hans Maes discusses these and other key questions in aesthetics with ten world-leading philosophers of art: Noël Carroll, Gregory Currie, Arthur Danto, Cynthia Freeland, Paul Guyer, Carolyn Korsmeyer, Jerrold Levinson, Jenefer Robinson, Roger Scruton, and Kendall Walton. The exchanges are direct, open, and sharp, and give a clear account of these thinkers' core ideas and intellectual development. They also offer new insights into, and a deeper understanding of, contemporary issues in the philosophy of art.
Life as Art
Author : Zachary Simpson
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,59 MB
Release : 2012-09-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0739179314
Book Description
Life as Art brings the resources of contemporary aesthetics since Nietzsche to bear on the problems of how one integrates the aesthetic emphases of meaning, liberation, and creativity into one’s daily life. By linking together the aesthetic and ethical accounts of critical theorists, phenomenologists, and existentialists into a coherent view on the artful life, Life as Art shows the ways in which much of contemporary Continental theory has been concerned with alternative ways of constructing one’s own life. Seen as a unified phenomenon, life as art signifies an active attempt to create a life which bears the resistance, openness, and creativity found in artworks.
Hegel's Aesthetics
Author : Lydia L. Moland
Publisher :
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,65 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0190847328
Book Description
Hegel's Aesthetics is the first comprehensive interpretation of Hegel's philosophy of art in English in thirty years. It gives a new analysis of his notorious "end of art" thesis, shows the indispensability of his aesthetics to his philosophy generally, and argues for his theory's relevance today.
Aesthetics and Morality
Author : Elisabeth Schellekens
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 15,13 MB
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1441122982
Book Description
Aesthetic and moral value are often seen to go hand in hand. They do so not only practically, such as in our everyday assessments of artworks that raise moral questions, but also theoretically, such as in Kant's theory that beauty is the symbol of morality. Some philosophers have argued that it is in the relation between aesthetic and moral value that the key to an adequate understanding of either notion lies. But difficult questions abound. Must a work of art be morally admirable in order to be aesthetically valuable? How, if at all, do our moral values shape our aesthetic judgements - and vice versa? Aesthetics and Morality is a stimulating and insightful inquiry into precisely this set of questions. Elisabeth Schellekens explores the main ideas and debates at the intersection of aesthetics and moral philosophy. She invites readers to reflect on the nature of beauty, art and morality, and provides the philosophical knowledge to render such reflection more rigorous. This original, inspiring and entertaining book sheds valuable new light on a notably complex and challenging area of thought.
Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art Criticism
Author : Jerome Stolnitz
Publisher : Boston : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 12,95 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Aesthetics
ISBN :
Book Description
Analyzing Art and Aesthetics
Author : Anne Collins Goodyear
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 24,87 MB
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 1935623230
Book Description
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.
