| Description |
xi, 614 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography. |
| Contents |
Aesthetic Objects: -- The artist's intention -- The perceptual and the physical -- Phenomenal objectivity -- The object and its presentations -- The range of critical statements -- The Categories of Critical Analysis: -- Parts and wholes -- The analysis of a visual design -- The analysis of a musical composition -- The Literary Work: -- The language of literature -- The logic of explication -- Artistic Form: -- Structure and texture in visual design -- Structure and texture in music -- Unity and related concepts -- Form in Literature: -- Style: Semantic and phonetic -- Literary structure -- Representation in the Visual Arts: -- Representation and abstraction -- The relation of design to subject -- The Meaning of Music: -- Expression and signification -- The relation of music to words -- Artistic Truth: -- The proposition theory -- Revelation and intuition -- Literature and Knowledge: -- The interpretation of literature -- The problems of belief -- Critical Evaluation: -- Reason and judgments -- The nature of critical argument -- Aesthetic Value: -- The beauty theory -- Psychological definitions -- The instrumentalist theory -- The Arts in the Life of Man: -- Moral and critical judgments -- The inherent values of art. |
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Aesthetics.
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Aesthetics. |
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