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Author:   Gernot Böhme ,  Jean-Paul Thibaud
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781138324558

ISBN 10:   1138324558
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   25 July 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Foreword Introduction Part I. Theory: Aesthetics and aesthetical economy 1. Atmosphere as a fundamental concept of a new aesthetics 2. Atmosphere as an aesthetic concept 3. The art of the stage set as a paradigm for an aesthetics of atmospheres 4. Kant’s aesthetics: a new perspective 5. On beauty 6. On synaesthesiae 7. Contribution to the critique of the aesthetic economy Part II. Aesthetics of nature and art 8. Aesthetic knowledge of nature 9. Nature in the age of its technical reproducibility 10. Body, nature and art 11. Nature as a subject Part III. Architecture 12. The atmosphere of a CITY 13. Atmosphere as the subject matter of architecture 14. Staged materiality 15. Architecture: a visual art? On the relationship between modern architecture and photography 16. Metaphors in architecture–a metaphor? Part IV. Light and sound 17. Acoustic atmospheres 18. Music and architecture 19. The great concert of the world 20. Seeing light 21. The phenomenology of light

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Gernot Böhme (Author) was Professor of Philosophy at TU Darmstadt, Germany between 1977 and 2002 and has been director of the Institute for Practical Philosophy in Darmstadt since 2005. His research interests include the philosophy of science, theory of time, aesthetics, ethics, and philosophical anthropology. Jean-Paul Thibaud (Editor), sociologist, is CNRS Senior Researcher at CRESSON/UMR Ambiances Architectures Urbanités. His field of research covers the theory of urban ambiances, ordinary perception, and sensory ethnography of public places. In 2008 he founded the International Ambiances Network.

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