[PDF] A Companion To Aesthetics eBook

Author : Stephen Davies
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 26,16 MB
Release : 2009-03-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781444310429

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In this extensively revised and updated edition, 168 alphabetically arranged articles provide comprehensive treatment of the main topics and writers in this area of aesthetics. Written by prominent scholars covering a wide-range of key topics in aesthetics and the philosophy of art Features revised and expanded entries from the first edition, as well as new chapters on recent developments in aesthetics and a larger number of essays on non-Western thought about art Unique to this edition are six overview essays on the history of aesthetics in the West from antiquity to modern times

Author : David E. Cooper
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 16,98 MB
Release : 1995-09-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780631196594

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Questions about the nature of beauty and the relation between morality and art were among the earliest discussed by ancient philosophers. And today, a host of new issues has been prompted by recent developments in the arts and in philosophy, testifying to a great revival of interest in aesthetics and literary criticism. The nature of representation, the relation between art and truth, and the criteria for interpretation are among the most debated problems in contemporary philosophy. This reference series, centred on analytic philosophy but also covering important aspects of the continental tradition and of non-Western philosophies, is made up of a number of volumes each dealing with a particular subject area. Taken together the series offers a comprehensive survey of philosophy as a whole. The entries in each volume combine summarized information on names, terms and moverments and each essay is also supported by a selective bibliography. Alphabetically arranged, the 130 articles in this volume provide comprehensive coverage of the main topics and writers in this area of aesthetics. The Companion will serve students of philosophy, literary criticism and cultural studies - as well as the general reader - both as a work of reference and, with its many substantial essays, as a guide to the best thinking about the arts in the late twentieth century.

Author : Pierre Destrée
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 28,72 MB
Release : 2015-07-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1444337645

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The first of its kind, A Companion to Ancient Aesthetics presents a synoptic view of the arts, which crosses traditional boundaries and explores the aesthetic experience of the ancients across a range of media—oral, aural, visual, and literary. Investigates the many ways in which the arts were experienced and conceptualized in the ancient world Explores the aesthetic experience of the ancients across a range of media, treating literary, oral, aural, and visual arts together in a single volume Presents an integrated perspective on the major themes of ancient aesthetics which challenges traditional demarcations Raises questions about the similarities and differences between ancient and modern ways of thinking about the place of art in society

Author : Berys Nigel Gaut
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 43,52 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Aesthetics
ISBN : 9780415327985

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Containing fifty-four chapters written by leading international scholars and covering all aspects of aesthetics, this fully revised second edition includes eight new entries and updated further reading.

Author : Christiane Paul
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 34,31 MB
Release : 2016-03-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 1118475216

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Reflecting the dynamic creativity of its subject, this definitive guide spans the evolution, aesthetics, and practice of today’s digital art, combining fresh, emerging perspectives with the nuanced insights of leading theorists. Showcases the critical and theoretical approaches in this fast-moving discipline Explores the history and evolution of digital art; its aesthetics and politics; as well as its often turbulent relationships with established institutions Provides a platform for the most influential voices shaping the current discourse surrounding digital art, combining fresh, emerging perspectives with the nuanced insights of leading theorists Tackles digital art’s primary practical challenges – how to present, document, and preserve pieces that could be erased forever by rapidly accelerating technological obsolescence Up-to-date, forward-looking, and critically reflective, this authoritative new collection is informed throughout by a deep appreciation of the technical intricacies of digital art

Author : Berys Nigel Gaut
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 25,7 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0415207371

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This work covers the many different aspects of aesthetics and is structured into four parts: history; aesthetic theory; issues and challenges; and individual arts.

Author : Paul Smith
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 33,13 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 0470998423

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The Companion provides an accessible critical survey of Western visual art theory from sources in Classical, Medieval and Renaissance thought through to contemporary writings.

Author : David Peters Corbett
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 24,65 MB
Release : 2016-02-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 1119170117

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This companion is a collection of newly-commissioned essays written by leading scholars in the field, providing a comprehensive introduction to British art history. A generously-illustrated collection of newly-commissioned essays which provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of British art Combines original research with a survey of existing scholarship and the state of the field Touches on the whole of the history of British art, from 800-2000, with increasing attention paid to the periods after 1500 Provides the first comprehensive introduction to British art of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, one of the most lively and innovative areas of art-historical study Presents in depth the major preoccupations that have emerged from recent scholarship, including aesthetics, gender, British art’s relationship to Modernity, nationhood and nationality, and the institutions of the British art world

Author : Jerrold Levinson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 23,83 MB
Release : 2005-01-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780199279456

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'The Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics' has assembled 48 brand-new essays, making this a comprehensive guide available to the theory, application, history, and future of the field.

Author : Amelia Jones
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 21,54 MB
Release : 2009-02-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781405152358

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A Companion to Contemporary Art is a major survey covering the major works and movements, the most important theoretical developments, and the historical, social, political, and aesthetic issues in contemporary art since 1945, primarily in the Euro-American context. Collects 27 original essays by expert scholars describing the current state of scholarship in art history and visual studies, and pointing to future directions in the field. Contains dual chronological and thematic coverage of the major themes in the art of our time: politics, culture wars, public space, diaspora, the artist, identity politics, the body, and visual culture. Offers synthetic analysis, as well as new approaches to, debates central to the visual arts since 1945 such as those addressing formalism, the avant-garde, the role of the artist, technology and art, and the society of the spectacle.