Everyday aesthetics / Yuriko Saito.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saito, Yuriko, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Aesthetics--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Everyday aesthetic experiences and concerns occupy a large part of our aesthetic life. However, because of their prevalence and mundane nature, we tend not to pay much attention to them, let alone examine their significance. Western aesthetic theories of the past few centuries also neglect everyday aesthetics because of their almost exclusive emphasis on art. In a ground-breaking new study, Yuriko Saito provides a detailed investigation into our everyday aesthetic experiences, andreveals how our everyday aesthetic tastes and judgments can exert a powerful influence on the state of the world an

Contents:

Neglect of everyday aesthetics

Significance of everyday aesthetics

Aesthetics of distinctive characteristics and ambience

Everyday aesthetic qualities and transience

Moral-aesthetic judgments of artifacts.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-957567-3

1-281-16481-X

9786611164812

0-19-153524-9

1-4356-3124-2

OCLC:

193778963