Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Philosophical Perspectives on Art presents a series of essays devoted to two of the most fundamental topics in the philosophy of art: the distinctive character of artworks and what is involved in understanding them as art. In Part I, Stephen Davies considers a wide range of questions about the nature and definition of art. Part II, he turns to the interpretation and appreciation of art. Anyone with an interest in aesthetics or art theory will find the papers in this volume fascinating reading. - ;Philosophical Perspectives on Art presents a series of essays devoted to two of the most fundament

Aesthetics --- Art --- Philosophy --- Philosophie --- Philosophy. --- Beautiful, The --- Beauty --- Art and philosophy --- Analysis, interpretation, appreciation

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Aesthetics. --- Aesthetics --- Beautiful, The --- Beauty --- Esthetics --- Taste (Aesthetics) --- Philosophy --- Art --- Criticism --- Literature --- Proportion --- Symmetry --- Psychology --- Radio broadcasting Aesthetics

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Ever since the eighteenth century, when Kant opened the floodgates of subjectivism in aesthetics, common men and philosophers alike have despaired of finding a basis for judgments about beauty. This book provides a comprehensive theory that encompasses beauty in art and nature, as well as intellectual, utilitarian, and moral beauty. The author argues that the beauty of objects can be reduced to the beauty of properties of those objects, which in turn can be understood in terms of "properties of qualitative degree." The theory, developed first with respect to color, is then extended to include all sensory and non-sensory qualities. The author shows how the theory explicates and resolves disagreements about what is beautiful and discusses its relevance to the traditional notions of harmony and sublimity. His is an objectivist theory of beauty, and it enables him, in conclusion, to demonstrate why we enjoy perceiving beauty.Originally published in 1975.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Aesthetics --- Aesthetics. --- Esthétique --- Beautiful, The --- Beauty --- Esthetics --- Taste (Aesthetics) --- Philosophy --- Art --- Criticism --- Literature --- Proportion --- Symmetry --- Psychology --- Radio broadcasting Aesthetics

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This book deals with a rejection of the widespread fakeries that have emerged in twentieth-century art, which we call by their Platonic name, sophistry. The book also presents brief descriptions of some of the ideas of Martin Heidegger and Nicolas Berdyaev as to what constitutes a beautiful work of art, and how an authentic relation to the beauty in a work of art enhances human existence.

Aesthetics, Modern --- Art --- Truth (Aesthetics) --- Philosophy. --- Aesthetics --- Beautiful, The --- Beauty --- Art and philosophy --- Analysis, interpretation, appreciation --- History

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Art, African --- Art, Primitive --- Art --- Art africain --- Art primitif --- Exhibitions --- Philosophy --- Expositions --- Philosophie --- Art, West African --- Philosophy. --- Exhibitions. --- Beautiful, The --- Beauty --- Aesthetics --- Art and philosophy --- Analysis, interpretation, appreciation