Aesthetics

The Big Questions
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-631-20594-4
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 655 g

Philosophers have considered questions raised by the nature of art, of beauty, and critical appreciation since ancient times, and the discipline of aesthetics has a long tradition that stretches from Plato to the present.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Korsmeyer, Carolyn

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Plates viii
Acknowledgements ix

Introduction 1

Part One: What is Art? 7

Part Two: Experience and Appreciation: How Do We Encounter Art? 73

Part Three: Aesthetic Evaluation: Who Decides? 133

Part Four: Can We Learn from Art? 179

Part Five: Tragedy, Sublimity, Horror: Why Do We Enjoy Painful Experiences in Art? 225

Part Six: Where is the Artist in the Work of Art? 295

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Carolyn Korsmeyer is Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo. She is the editor (with Peggy Zeglin Brand) of Feminism and Tradition in Aesthetics (1995) and (with Hilde Hein) Aesthetics in Feminist Perspective (1993) and the author (with Dubois, Kelly, Kennedy, and Robinson) of Feminist Scholarship: Kindling in the Groves of Academe (1985).