Beauty / Roger Scruton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scruton, Roger.

Series:

Very Short Introductions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 223 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. In this Very Short Introduction the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object - either in art, in nature, or the human form - beautiful, and examining how we can compare differing judgements of beauty when it is evident all around us that our tastes vary so widely. Is there a right judgement to be made about beauty? Is it right to say there is

Contents:

Contents; Preface; List of illustrations; 1 Judging beauty; 2 Human beauty; 3 Natural beauty; 4 Everyday beauty; 5 Artistic beauty; 6 Taste and order; 7 Art and erōs; 8 The flight from beauty; 9 Concluding thoughts; Notes and further reading; Index of names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Index of subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-214) and indexes.

Other Format:

Print version: Scruton, Roger. ǂt Beauty.

ISBN:

1-282-46575-9

9786612465758

0-19-156794-9

OCLC:

551169330