The Bloomsbury Companion to Aesthetics

Name: The Bloomsbury Companion to Aesthetics
Brand: Bloomsbury 3PL
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By Ribeiro, Anna Christina

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The Bloomsbury Companion to Aesthetics presents a practical study guide to emerging topics and art forms in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Placing contemporary discussion in its historical context, this companion begins with an introduction to the history of aesthetics. Surveying the central topics, terms and figures and noting the changes in the roles the arts played over the centuries, it also tackles methodological issues asking what the proper object of study in aesthetics is, and how we should go about studying it. Written by leading analytic philosophers in the field, chapters on Core Issues and Art Forms cover four major topics; - the definition of art and the ontology of art work - aesthetic experience, aesthetic properties, and aesthetic and artistic value - specific art forms including music, dance, theatre, the visual arts as a whole, and the various forms of popular art - new areas in aesthetics and the philosophy of art, such as environmental aesthetics and global standpoint aesthetics, as well as other new directions the field is taking towards everyday aesthetics Featuring a list of research resources and an extensive chronology of works in aesthetics and the philosophy of art dating from the fifth century BC to the 21st century, The Bloomsbury Companion to Aesthetics provides an engaging introduction to contemporary aesthetics.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 368
Release Date:: 2015-05-21
Publication Date:: 2015-05-21
Publisher:: Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1474236375
ISBN13:: 9781474236379
Weight:: 559 g
Height:: 156 cm
Width:: 234 cm
Thickness:: 20 cm

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