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The aesthetics of human environments / edited by Arnold Berleant and Allen Carlson.
Van Pelt Library BH301.E58 A36 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environment (Aesthetics)--Textbooks.
- Environment (Aesthetics).
- Aesthetics--Textbooks.
- Aesthetics.
- Culture--Textbooks.
- Culture.
- Genre:
- Textbooks.
- Physical Description:
- 312 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Peterborough, Ont. ; Orchard Park, NY : Broadview Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- Introduction: the aesthetics of human environments / Arnold Berleant and Allen Carlson
- On aesthetically appreciating human environments / Allen Carlson
- Urban richness and the art of building / Pauline von Bonsdorff
- Cultivating an urban aesthetic / Arnold Berleant
- Multi-sensoriness and the city / Yrjö Sepänmaa
- Walking the city / David Macauley
- The last stop of desire: the aesthetics of the shopping center / Mikita Brottman
- Deconstructing Disney World / Arnold Berleant
- Cultivating commonplaces: sophisticated vernacularism in Japan / Barbara Sandrisser
- Everyday surface aesthetic qualities: neat, messy, clean, dirty / Thomas Leddy
- Living in glass houses: domesticity, interior decoration, and environmental aesthetics / Kevin Melchionne
- The aesthetics of playtime recycling / Janet McCracken
- The role of aesthetics in civic environmentalism / Yuriko Saito
- The garden and the red barn: the pervasive pastoral and its environmental consequences / Sally Schauman
- On appreciating agricultural landscapes / Allen Carlson
- Gardens, nature, pleasure / Stephanie Ross
- The view from the road and the picturesque / Malcolm Andrews.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781551116853
- 1551116855
- OCLC:
- 77378747
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