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Philosophy of the Arts: An Introduction to Aesthetics
By Gordon Graham
240 pages
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- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- London
- Publication year:
- 2000
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- 2nd
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Synopsis
This book strikes a new and better balance between these competing interests. By taking a normative question -- why should we value the arts? -- it manages to develop a genuinely philosophical understanding of art and its value while never losing sight of the poems, pictures and music which draw and sustain interest in the arts.
In this new second edition, chapters have been revised to include new material and also an added chapter about the subjectivity of aesthetic judgement, the importance ...
This book strikes a new and better balance between these competing interests. By taking a normative question -- why should we value the arts? -- it manages to develop a genuinely philosophical understanding of art and its value while never losing sight of the poems, pictures and music which draw and sustain interest in the arts.
In this new second edition, chapters have been revised to include new material and also an added chapter about the subjectivity of aesthetic judgement, the importance of the artist's intention and the possibility of an aesthetic appreciation of nature. The book concludes with a critical survey of art theories and introduces some complex issues surrounding disputes between Marxism, structuralism and postmodernism.
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Preface to the Second Edition xi
- Introduction 1
- 1 - Art and Pleasure 4
- 2 - Art and Emotion 24
- 3 - Art and Understanding 44
- 4 - Music and Meaning 66
- 5 - From Painting to Film 93
- 6 - Poetry and Paraphrase 116
- 7 - Architecture as an Art 137
- 8 - Evaluation and the Aesthetics of Nature 155
- 9 - Theories of Art 176
- Examples 206
- Bibliography 211
- Index 215