The Bloomsbury Companion to Aesthetics presents a practical study guide to emerging topics and art forms in aesthetics and the philosophy of art.
Placing contemporary discussion in its historical context, this companion begins with an introduction to the history of aesthetics. Surveying the central topics, terms and figures and noting the changes in the roles the arts played over the centuries, it also tackles methodological issues asking what the proper object of study in aesthetics is, and how we should go about studying it. Written by leading analytic philosophers in the field, chapters on Core Issues and Art Forms cover four major topics; - the definition of art and the ontology of art work - aesthetic experience, aesthetic properties, and aesthetic and artistic value - specific art forms including music, dance, theatre, the visual arts as a whole, and the various forms of popular art - new areas in aesthetics and the philosophy of art, such as environmental aesthetics and global standpoint aesthetics, as well as other new directions the field is taking towards everyday aesthetics
Featuring a list of research resources and an extensive chronology of works in aesthetics and the philosophy of art dating from the fifth century BC
to the 21st century, The Bloomsbury Companion to Aesthetics provides an engaging introduction to contemporary aesthetics.
Edited by:
Dr Anna Christina Ribeiro (Texas Tech University USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 517g
ISBN: 9781474236379
ISBN 10: 1474236375
Series: Bloomsbury Companions
Pages: 355
Publication Date: 21 May 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Further / Higher Education
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A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Introduction, Anna Christina Ribeiro 2. Research Methods and Problems, Brandon Cooke Part I: Core Issues and Art Forms 3. Defining Art, Thomas Adajian 4. Artworks, Objects, and Structures, Sherri Irvin 5. The Aesthetic Experience, Derek Matravers 6. Aesthetic Properties, Elisabeth Schellekens 7. Aesthetic and Artistic Value, Sondra Bacharach and James Harold 8. Music, Jeanette Bicknell 9. Literature, Anna Christina Ribeiro 10. Theatre, David Osipovich 11. Dance, Renee M. Conroy 12. Visual Arts, John Kulvicki 13. Film, Amy Coplan 14. Architecture, Rafael De Clercq 15. Popular Art, Aaron Smuts 16. Environmental Aesthetics, Glenn Parsons 17. Global Standpoint Aesthetics: Towards a Paradigm, David Gandolfo and Sarah E. Worth 18. New Directions in Aesthetics, Paisley Livingston Part II: Resources 19. Chronology of Works in Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art, Darren Hudson Hick 20. Research Resources in Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art, Darren Hudson Hick Bibliography Index
Anna Christina Ribeiro is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Texas Tech University, USA.
