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Art in context : understanding aesthetic value / David E.W. Fenner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fenner, David E. W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aesthetics.
- Experience.
- Art--Philosophy.
- Art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 350 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The various lenses ethical, political, sexual, religious, and so forth through which we may view art are often instrumental in giving us an appreciation of the work.
- Contents:
- A theory of "the aesthetic"
- The value of art
- Disinterest theory and formalist theory
- Contextualist theory
- Issues of definition
- Issues concerning the power of art
- Issues of meaningfulness
- Science and contextualist aesthetics
- A review of the arguments and evidence.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-343) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8040-4034-6
- OCLC:
- 471128811
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