Conversations on art and aesthetics / Hans Maes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maes, Hans, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Art--Philosophy.

Art.

Physical Description:

xvii, 318 pages : portraits ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

What is art? What counts as an aesthetic experience? Does art have to beautiful? Can one reasonably dispute about taste? What is the relation between aesthetic and moral evaluations? How to interpret a work of art? Can we learn anything from literature, film or opera? What is sentimentality? What is irony? How to think philosophically about architecture, dance, or sculpture? What makes something a great portrait? Is music representational or abstract? Why do we feel terrified when we watch a horror movie even though we know it to be fictional? In Conversations on Art and Aesthetics, Hans Maes discusses these and other key questions in aesthetics with ten world-leading philosophers of art: Noel Carroll, Gregory Currie, Arthur Danto, Cynthia Freeland, Paul Guyer, Carolyn Korsmeyer, Jerrold Levinson, Jenefer Robinson, Roger Scruton, and Kendall Walton. The exchanges are direct, open, and sharp, and give a clear account of these thinkers' core ideas and intellectual development. They also offer new insights into, and a deeper understanding of, contemporary issues in the philosophy of art.

Contents:

1 Aesthetic Experience and Artistic Value 15

A conversation / Jerrold Levinson Levinson, Jerrold

2 The Commonplace Raised to a Higher Power 49

A conversation / Arthur C. Danto Danto, Arthur C.

3 Inside Out: Portraits, Art, Science 83

A conversation / Cynthia Freeland Freeland, Cynthia

4 The Tasty, the Disgusting, and the Genuine 113

A conversation / Carolyn Korsmeyer Korsmeyer, Carolyn

5 The Emotions in Art 145

A conversation / Jenefer Robinson Robinson, Jenefer

6 Sharing a Home in the World 179

A conversation / Roger Scruton Scruton, Roger

7 Stories and What They (Don't) Teach Us 205

A conversation / Gregory Currie Currie, Gregory

8 Critical Encounters with the Past 229

A conversation / Paul Guyer Guyer, Paul

9 Art Practice, Art Criticism, and Philosophy of Art 257

A conversation / Noël Carroll Carroll, Noël

10 Aesthetics and Theory Construction 287

A conversation / Kendall Walton Walton, Kendall.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0199686106

9780199686100

OCLC:

969878209