Introduction to Aesthetics

Name: Introduction to Aesthetics
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ISBN: 9781557867315

ISBN-10: 1557867313

ISBN-13: 9781557867315

Edition: 1997

Authors: Dabney Townsend

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Beginning with definitions of aesthetic questions and language, Townsend then goes on to examine relations between artist, work of art and audience. This introduction includes illustrative examples to motivate and reinforce theoretical discussion.

Book details

List price: $48.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/8/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 260
Size: 7.87" wide x 9.84" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Introduction



Language About Art and Aesthetics


Getting Started


Aesthetic Predicates


Criticism and Value Terms


The Problem of Definition



Aesthetic Analysis and Its Objects


Formal Analysis


Aesthetic Objects



The Artist and the Work of Art


The Artist's Intentions


Inspiration


Creativity and Originality


Breaking the Connection Between Artist and Art



The Audience and the Work of Art


Attitudes of the Audience


Critics and Criticism


Institutions and the Role of the Audience



The Artist and the Audience


The Aesthetics of Reception


Mythpoesis: Myth and Ritual


Institutional and Post-Institutional Aesthetics


Appendix


Glossary


Index