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Introducing Aesthetics
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David E. W. Fenner
Book Code: B7908
ISBN: 0-275-97908-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97908-9
184 pages
Praeger Paperback
Publication: 9/30/2003
List Price: $38.95 (UK Sterling Price: £21.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Also Available: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: This concise yet comprehensive introduction to the discipline of western aesthetical philosophy is focused directly on the central questions of aesthetics. Fenner arranges his analysis around four general themes: Experiences, Objects and Events, Meaning, and Judgment. These themes progress from issues of everyday experience to subjects of greater subtlety. Within these broader themes, Fenner explores such issues as The Aesthetic Attitude, Defining Art, and Reviewing Art Criticism. Although a historical organization is employed wherever a particular movement unfolds from earlier movements, the text's main organization is not motivated by an academic or historical treatment of the various topics. Instead, the topics themselves are of primary concern, and readers will come away with a complete overview of the canon of this highly significant area of western philosophy.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Experiences
  • The Aesthetic Experience
  • The Aesthetic Attitude
  • Objects and Events
  • The Aesthetic Object
  • Defining "Art"
  • Creations and Re-creations
  • Meaning
  • Interpreting Art
  • Censoring Art
  • Judgment
  • Defining "Beauty"
  • Reviewing Art and Art Criticism
  • Appendix: An Outline of the History of Western Aesthetics
LC Card Number: 2002190863
LCC Class: BH39
Dewey Class: 111
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