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Philosophy of the arts : an introduction to aesthetics : Gordon Graham

Author(s): Graham, Gordon

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Main Title: Philosophy of the arts : an introduction to aesthetics
Author(s): Graham, Gordon
Publisher: London : Routledge, 2000
Collation: 224 p.
23 cm.
ISBN: 0415235642
Dewey Class: 111.85
Contents: Introduction -- 1. Art and Pleasure. Hume and the standard of taste -- Mill and pleasure -- Kant and pleasure -- Gadamer and art as play -- Art and sport -- Summary --
2. Art and Emotion. Tolstoy and everyday expression -- Croce and 'intuition' -- Collingwood's expressiveness -- Summary --
3. Art and Understanding. Art and knowledge -- Aesthetic cognitivism -- Art as understanding -- Imagination and experience -- The objects of imagination -- Art and the world -- Understanding as a norm -- Art and human nature -- Summary --
4. Music and Meaning. Music and pleasure -- Music and emotion -- Music as language -- Music as representation -- Musical vocabulary and musical grammar -- Resume -- The uniqueness of music -- Music and beauty -- Music as the exploration of sound -- The implications of digital technology -- Summary --
5. From Painting to Film. What is representation? -- Representation and artistic value -- Art and the visual -- Visual art and the non-visual -- Film as art -- Montage versus long shot -- 'Talkies' -- The auteur in film -- Summary --
6. Poetry and paraphrase. Poetry and prose -- The unity of form and content -- Figures of speech -- Expressive language -- Poetic devices -- Narrative and fiction -- Literature and understanding -- Summary --
7. Architecture as an Art. The peculiarities of architecture -- Form and function -- Facade, deception and the Zeitgeist -- Functionalism -- Formalism and 'space' -- Architectural expression -- Architecture and understanding -- Summary --
8. Evaluation and the Aesthetics of Nature. Objectivism versus subjectivism -- Art and exploration -- The artist's intention and the 'intentional fallacy' -- The aesthetics of nature -- Summary --
9. Theories of Art. Defining art -- Art as an institution -- Marxism and the sociology of art -- Levi-Strauss and structuralism -- Derrida, deconstruction and postmodernism -- Normative theory of art -- Summary -- Examples: Architecture, Film and television, Literature, Music, Paintings and sculpture.
Language: English
Subject: Philosophy -- Aesthetics.
Aesthetics.
BRN: 5536

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