The Blackwell guide to aesthetics / / edited by Peter Kivy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807789403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004
• ISBN: 1-78268-517-0; 1-281-21369-1; 9786611213695; 1-4051-6470-0; 1-4051-4306-1
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (366 pages)
• Collana: Blackwell philosophy guides
• Altri autori (Persone): KivyPeter
• Disciplina: 111/.85
• Soggetti: Aesthetics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.; BAE 301
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The origins of modern aesthetics : 1711-1735 / Paul Guyer -- Defining art : intension and extension / George Dickie -- Art and the aesthetic / Marcia Muelder Eaton -- The ontology of art / Amie L. Thomasson -- Evaluating art / Alan Goldman -- Interpretation in aesthetics / Laurent Stern -- Art and the moral realm / Noel Carroll -- Beauty and the critic's judgment : remapping aesthetics / Mary Mothersill -- The philosophy of taste : thoughts on the idea / Ted Cohen -- The emotions in art / Jenefer Robinson -- The philosophy of literature : pleasure restored / Peter Lamarque and Stein Haugom Olsen -- The philosophy of the visual arts : perceiving paintings / Joseph Margolis -- The philosophy of the movies : cinematic narration / Berys Gaut -- The philosophy of music : formalism and beyond / Philip Alperson -- The philosophy of dance : bodies in motion, bodies at rest / Francis Sparshott -- Tragedy / Susan Feagin -- The aesthetics of nature and the environment / Donald W. Crawford -- Art and the aesthetic : the religious dimension / Nicholas Wolterstorff.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics is the most authoritative survey of the central issues in contemporary aesthetics available. The volume features eighteen newly commissioned papers on the evaluation of art, ; the interpretation of art, and many other forms of art such as literature, movies, and music. Provides a guide to the central traditional and cutting edge issues in aesthetics today. Written by a distinguished cast of contributors, including Peter Kivy, George Dickie, Noël Carroll, Paul Guyer, Ted Cohen, Marcia Eaton, Joseph Margolis, Berys Gaut, Nicholas Wolt.