Introducing aesthetics / David E.W. Fenner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fenner, David E. W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Art--Philosophy.

Art.

Physical Description:

viii, 170 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.

Contents:

Part I Experiences 5

Chapter 1 The Aesthetic Experience 7

Chapter 2 The Aesthetic Attitude 15

Section 1 Disinterest 15

Section 2 Recent Views 23

Part II Objects and Events 31

Chapter 3 The Aesthetic Object 33

Chapter 4 Defining "Art" 37

Section 1 Why Define "Art"? 37

Section 2 Imitation and Representation

The Ancient Greek View 41

Section 3 Romanticism 47

Section 4 Expressionism 52

Section 5 Formalism 60

Section 6 Antiessentialism 65

Section 7 The Artworld 69

Chapter 5 Creations and Re-creations 75

Part III Meaning 83

Chapter 6 Interpreting Art 85

Chapter 7 Censoring Art 93

Part IV Judgment 99

Chapter 8 Defining "Beauty" 101

Section 1 Why Define "Beauty"? 101

Section 2 Formalism 105

Section 3 Subjectivism 114

Section 4 Naturalism 123

Chapter 9 Reviewing Art and Art Criticism 129

Appendix An Outline of the History of Western Aesthetics 139.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-165) and index.

ISBN:

0275979075

0275979083

OCLC:

50676654