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The Blackwell guide to aesthetics / edited by Peter Kivy.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Kivy, Peter.
Series:
Blackwell philosophy guides.
Blackwell philosophy guides
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Aesthetics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (366 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
Summary:
The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics is the most authoritative survey of the central issues in contemporary aesthetics available. The volume features eighteen newly commissioned papers on the evaluation of art, the interpretation of art, and many other forms of art such as literature, movies, and music. Provides a guide to the central traditional and cutting edge issues in aesthetics today. Written by a distinguished cast of contributors, including Peter Kivy, George Dickie, Noël Carroll, Paul Guyer, Ted Cohen, Marcia Eaton, Joseph Margolis, Berys Gaut, Nicholas Wolt.
Contents:
The origins of modern aesthetics : 1711-1735 / Paul Guyer
Defining art : intension and extension / George Dickie
Art and the aesthetic / Marcia Muelder Eaton
The ontology of art / Amie L. Thomasson
Evaluating art / Alan Goldman
Interpretation in aesthetics / Laurent Stern
Art and the moral realm / Noel Carroll
Beauty and the critic's judgment : remapping aesthetics / Mary Mothersill
The philosophy of taste : thoughts on the idea / Ted Cohen
The emotions in art / Jenefer Robinson
The philosophy of literature : pleasure restored / Peter Lamarque and Stein Haugom Olsen
The philosophy of the visual arts : perceiving paintings / Joseph Margolis
The philosophy of the movies : cinematic narration / Berys Gaut
The philosophy of music : formalism and beyond / Philip Alperson
The philosophy of dance : bodies in motion, bodies at rest / Francis Sparshott
Tragedy / Susan Feagin
The aesthetics of nature and the environment / Donald W. Crawford
Art and the aesthetic : the religious dimension / Nicholas Wolterstorff.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
BAE 301
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-78268-517-0
1-281-21369-1
9786611213695
1-4051-6470-0
1-4051-4306-1
OCLC:
437147418

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