| Description |
1 online resource (366 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Continuum Companions
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Continuum companions.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Halftitle; Seriespage; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Research Methods and Problems in Aesthetics; Part I -- Core Issues and Art Forms; 3 Defining Art; 4 Artworks, Objects, and Structures; 5 The Aesthetic Experience; 6 Aesthetic Properties; 7 Aesthetic and Artistic Value; 8 Music; 9 Literature; 10 Theater; 11 Dance; 12 Visual Arts; 13 Film; 14 Architecture; 15 Popular Art; 16 Environmental Aesthetics; 17 Global Standpoint Aesthetics: Toward a Paradigm; 18 New Directions in Aesthetics; Part II -- Resources |
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19 Chronology of Works in Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art20 Research Resources in Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The Continuum Companion to Aesthetics offers the definitive guide to contemporary aesthetics. The book covers all the most pressing and important themes and categories in the field - areas that have continued to attract interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more recently as active areas of research. Seventeen specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts reveal where important work continues to be done in the area and, most valuably, the exciting new directions the field is taking. Prefaced by a historical introduction highlighting the key figures and. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aesthetics.
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Aesthetics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ribeiro, Anna Christina, editor.
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Adajian, Thomas, contributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Continuum companion to aesthetics. London, England ; New York : Continuum, ©2012 x, 355 pages Continuum companions. 9781847063700 |
| ISBN |
9781441197917 (electronic book) |
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1441197915 (electronic book) |
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9781847063700 |
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