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"...helpful....something for the recommended reading list.... * s, Vol. 21, No. 6 (2007) * The entries are consistently clear and quite broadly accessible, helpfully peppered with much cross-referencing....Recommended. * CHOICE, March 2007 * Kant adopted it in his Critique of Judgment but who coined the term ""aesthetics?"" What role does horror play in recent theories of mass art? What are the rules that make up a standard of taste? Here Townsend (philosopher, Armstrong Atlantic State U.) makes it clear that the study of aesthetics goes far beyond determining what is beautiful, giving terms, great thinkers and artists, movements, classifications, means of analysis and appreciation and synopses of significant texts. The result, despite the complexities inherent in the study of aesthetics, is accessible enough for most general readers yet provides starting-points for those going deeper into the subject. He also supplies a bibliography sorted by topic, a chronology and an introduction providing a solid framework for the entries. Townsend brings in a number of theorists, Jung, Marx, Panofsky and Derrida among them, and explains the trickier terms in plain language. * Reference and Research Book News, November 2006 *"

...helpful...something for the recommended reading list... Reference Reviews, Vol. 21, No. 6 (2007) The entries are consistently clear and quite broadly accessible, helpfully peppered with much cross-referencing...Recommended. Choice, March 2007 Kant adopted it in his Critique of Judgment but who coined the term aesthetics? What role does horror play in recent theories of mass art? What are the rules that make up a standard of taste? Here Townsend (philosopher, Armstrong Atlantic State U.) makes it clear that the study of aesthetics goes far beyond determining what is beautiful, giving terms, great thinkers and artists, movements, classifications, means of analysis and appreciation and synopses of significant texts. The result, despite the complexities inherent in the study of aesthetics, is accessible enough for most general readers yet provides starting-points for those going deeper into the subject. He also supplies a bibliography sorted by topic, a chronology and an introduction providing a solid framework for the entries. Townsend brings in a number of theorists, Jung, Marx, Panofsky and Derrida among them, and explains the trickier terms in plain language. Reference and Research Book News, November 2006

...helpful....something for the recommended reading list.... * Reference Reviews, Vol. 21, No. 6 (2007) * The entries are consistently clear and quite broadly accessible, helpfully peppered with much cross-referencing....Recommended. * CHOICE, March 2007 * Kant adopted it in his Critique of Judgment but who coined the term aesthetics? What role does horror play in recent theories of mass art? What are the rules that make up a standard of taste? Here Townsend (philosopher, Armstrong Atlantic State U.) makes it clear that the study of aesthetics goes far beyond determining what is beautiful, giving terms, great thinkers and artists, movements, classifications, means of analysis and appreciation and synopses of significant texts. The result, despite the complexities inherent in the study of aesthetics, is accessible enough for most general readers yet provides starting-points for those going deeper into the subject. He also supplies a bibliography sorted by topic, a chronology and an introduction providing a solid framework for the entries. Townsend brings in a number of theorists, Jung, Marx, Panofsky and Derrida among them, and explains the trickier terms in plain language. * Reference and Research Book News, November 2006 *

...helpful....something for the recommended reading list.... * Reference Reviews, Vol. 21, No. 6 (2007) * The entries are consistently clear and quite broadly accessible, helpfully peppered with much cross-referencing....Recommended. * CHOICE, March 2007 * Kant adopted it in his Critique of Judgment but who coined the term aesthetics? What role does horror play in recent theories of mass art? What are the rules that make up a standard of taste? Here Townsend (philosopher, Armstrong Atlantic State U.) makes it clear that the study of aesthetics goes far beyond determining what is beautiful, giving terms, great thinkers and artists, movements, classifications, means of analysis and appreciation and synopses of significant texts. The result, despite the complexities inherent in the study of aesthetics, is accessible enough for most general readers yet provides starting-points for those going deeper into the subject. He also supplies a bibliography sorted by topic, a chronology and an introduction providing a solid framework for the entries. Townsend brings in a number of theorists, Jung, Marx, Panofsky and Derrida among them, and explains the trickier terms in plain language. * Reference and Research Book News, November 2006 * ...helpful...something for the recommended reading list... Reference Reviews, Vol. 21, No. 6 (2007) The entries are consistently clear and quite broadly accessible, helpfully peppered with much cross-referencing...Recommended. CHOICE, March 2007 Kant adopted it in his Critique of Judgment but who coined the term aesthetics? What role does horror play in recent theories of mass art? What are the rules that make up a standard of taste? Here Townsend (philosopher, Armstrong Atlantic State U.) makes it clear that the study of aesthetics goes far beyond determining what is beautiful, giving terms, great thinkers and artists, movements, classifications, means of analysis and appreciation and synopses of significant texts. The result, despite the complexities inherent in the study of aesthetics, is accessible enough for most general readers yet provides starting-points for those going deeper into the subject. He also supplies a bibliography sorted by topic, a chronology and an introduction providing a solid framework for the entries. Townsend brings in a number of theorists, Jung, Marx, Panofsky and Derrida among them, and explains the trickier terms in plain language. Reference and Research Book News, November 2006

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Dabney Townsend is Professor of Philosophy and Special Projects Coordinator at Armstrong Atlantic State University and secretary-treasurer of the American Society for Aesthetics. He is the author of several books and numerous journal articles on aesthetics, early modern philosophy, and the philosophy of language.

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