A new theory of beauty / Guy Sircello.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sircello, Guy, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton essays on the arts.

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Essays on the Arts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1975.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ever since the eighteenth century, when Kant opened the floodgates of subjectivism in aesthetics, common men and philosophers alike have despaired of finding a basis for judgments about beauty. This book provides a comprehensive theory that encompasses beauty in art and nature, as well as intellectual, utilitarian, and moral beauty. The author argues that the beauty of objects can be reduced to the beauty of properties of those objects, which in turn can be understood in terms of "properties of qualitative degree." The theory, developed first with respect to color, is then extended to include all sensory and non-sensory qualities. The author shows how the theory explicates and resolves disagreements about what is beautiful and discusses its relevance to the traditional notions of harmony and sublimity. His is an objectivist theory of beauty, and it enables him, in conclusion, to demonstrate why we enjoy perceiving beauty.Originally published in 1975.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Beauty and the Twentieth Century

2. Skepticism with Regard to Beauty

3. Beautiful "Objects"

4. "Beautiful Properties"

5. The Job of a Theory of Beauty

6. Experiences of Beauty

7. Vividness and the Beauty of Color

8. The Relativity of Vividness

9. The Multiplicity of Colors

10. Vividness and the Context of Color

11. Vividness and Appearance

12. Other Beauties of Color

13. Properties of Qualitative Degree

14. The New Theory of Beauty Stated

15. The Argument Strategy

16. Beauty and the Looks of Things

17. TheRelativity of Looks

18. Other Varieties of Visual Beauty and Other Varieties of Relativity

19. Beauty of Sound

20. Beauties of Taste, Smell, and Touch

21. Qualifications jor Judging Beauty

22. Intellectual Beauty

23. Beauty and Utility

24. Beauty and Goodness

25. The Problem of Moral Beauty

26. A Defense of Moral Beauty

27. Beauty and the Emotions

28. Sublimity

29. Harmony and Beauty

30. The "Flowers of Evil" Phenomenon

31. Disagreements about Beauty

32. The Limited Use of i "Beautiful"

33. The Objectivity of Beauty

34. The Problem of the Enjoyment of Beauty

35. An Explanation of the Enjoyment of Beauty

36. Surpassing Clarity

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691617688

0691617686

9780691644783

0691644780

9781400872381

1400872383

OCLC:

933516465