Aesthetics and the Environment

The Appreciation of Nature, Art and Architecture
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-415-20683-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 640 g

Traditional aesthetics is often associated with the appreciation of art, Allen Carlson shows how much of our aesthetic experience does not encompass art but nature, in our response to sunsets, mountains or horizons or more mundane surroundings, like gardens or the view from our window.
He argues that knowledge of what it is we are appreciating is essential to having an appropriate aesthetic experience and that scientific understanding of nature can enhance our appreciation of it, rather than denigrate it.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carlson, Allen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltsoziologie, Umweltpsychologie, Umweltethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations, Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction: aesthetics and the environment, PART I The appreciation of nature, PART II Landscapes, art, and architecture, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Allen Carlson