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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: James O. Young (University of Victoria)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.70cm Weight: 0.446kg ISBN: 9780198747116ISBN 10: 019874711 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 24 September 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Translator's Introduction Epistle Dedicatory Preface Part One: Where we establish the nature of the arts by reference to the genius that produced them 1: Division and origin of the arts 2: Genius is only able to produce the arts by imitation; what imitation is 3: Genius must not imitate reality just as it is 4: The state genius must be in to imitate belle nature 5: On the manner in which the arts imitate 6: Why eloquence and architecture differ from the other arts Part Two: Where we establish the principle of imitation by reference to nature and the laws of taste 1: What taste is 2: The subject of taste can only be nature 3: Evidence drawn from the history of taste 4: The purpose of the laws of taste is to imitate belle nature 5: Second general law of taste: belle nature must be imitated well 6: There are particular rules for each artwork and taste finds them only in nature 7: Conclusion I. There is only one general type of good taste, but several particular types 8: Conclusion II: Since the arts are imitators of nature, they must be judged by comparison to it 9: Conclusion III: Taste for nature and a taste for the arts being the same, there is only one taste that applies to everything, even to manners 10: Conclusion IV: How it is important to form taste in a timely manner and how we should go about forming it Part Three: In which the principle of imitation is verified by its application to various arts Section One: Poetical art consists in the imitation of belle nature 1: Alternatives to the principle of imitation are refuted 2: The divisions of poetry are found in [types of] imitation 3: The general rules of poetical content are contained in the principle of imitation 4: The rules of poetical style are contained in the imitation of belle nature 5: All rules of epic poetry come from the principle of imitation 6: On tragedy 7: On comedy 8: On pastoral poetry 9: On fables 10: On lyric poetry Section Two: On Painting Section Three: On Music and Dance 1: Gestures and tones of voice are the keys to understanding music and dance 2: The emotions are the principal subject of music and dance 3: All of music and dance must have a referent and a meaning 4: The expressive qualities that music and dance must have 5: On the union of the fine artsReviews... the translation is a great success. It is both readable and, so far as I can tell with the aid of a French dictionary, highly accurate ... Young has done a great service by providing this annotated translation. Theodore Gracyk, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online ... the translation is a great success. It is both readable and, so far as I can tell with the aid of a French dictionary, highly accurate ... Young has done a great service by providing this annotated translation. * Theodore Gracyk, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online * Author InformationJames O. Young is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Victoria. He is the author of four books: Global Anti-realism (1995), Art and Knowledge (2001), Cultural Appropriation and the Arts (2008), Critique of Pure Music (2014), and over 50 articles in refereed journals. He has edited the four volume collection, Aesthetics: The Critical Concepts (2005) and (with Conrad Brunk) The Ethics of Cultural Appropriation (2009). Another collection of essays, The Semantics of Aesthetic Judgements, is forthcoming from Oxford. He is Artistic Director of the Early Music Society of the Islands. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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