Functional beauty / Glenn Parsons and Allen Carlson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parsons, Glenn, author.

Carlson, Allen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 255 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The authors examine the relationship between function and aesthetic value. They develop the concept of functional beauty drawing on work in the philosophy of science as well as aesthetics, and show its importance in diverse kinds of aesthetic appreciation - of buildings, nature, everyday objects and events.

Contents:

Functional beauty in the aesthetic tradition

Functional beauty in contemporary aesthetic theory

Indeterminacy and the concept of function

Function and form

Nature and environment

Architecture and the built environment

Artefacts and everyday aesthetics

The functions of art.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-250) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-965931-1

1-281-97844-2

9786611978440

0-19-154823-5

OCLC:

302340478