Film, art, and the third culture : a naturalized aesthetics of film / Murray Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Murray, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Aesthetics.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 294 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Naturalized aesthetics of film

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Murray Smith presents an original approach to understanding film. He brings the arts, humanities, and sciences together to illuminate artistic creation and aesthetic experience. His 'third culture' approach roots itself in an appreciation of scientific innovation and how this has shaped the moving media.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Building the Third Culture: 1. Aesthetics naturalized ; 2. Triangulating aesthetic experience ; 3. The engine of reason and the pit of naturalism ; 4. Papaya, pomegranates, and green tea

Part II. Science and Sentiment: 5. Who's afraid of Charles Darwin? ; 6. What difference does it make? ; 7. Empathy, expansionism, and the extended mind ; 10. Feeling prufish

Conclusion.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-250793-1

0-19-183779-2

0-19-250792-3