Philosophy: aesthetics books

Thinking about Science, Relecting on Art is the first book to systematically examine the relationship between the...  Read More >>

This classic collection of essays and excepts from Oscar Wilde includes: THE TOMB OF KEATS, KEATS'S SONNET ON BLUE,...  Read More >>

"""All The Living Things"" pairs words and images in an exploration of associative meanings addressing art, philosophy,...  Read More >>

The Philosophical Imagination is a collection of essays ranging over a wide range of philosophical themes: from...  Read More >>

Art as yoga and meditation for artists, contemplative practitioners, art educators, and art therapists.  Read More >>

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Articulates an imaginationist solution to the question of how purely instrumental music can be perceived by a listener...  Read More >>

This classic collection of essays and excepts from Oscar Wilde include THE TOMB OF KEATS, KEATS'S SONNET ON BLUE,...  Read More >>

Traces the decline of beauty as an ideal from early German romanticism to the twentieth century.  Read More >>

Using Li Zehou’s theories of aesthetics, argues for the importance of the arts to philosophy.  Read More >>

Marcel Duchamp and the Architecture of Desire examines the link between architectural thinking and Duchamp's work....  Read More >>

Ashley Woodward demonstrates what a new generation of scholars are just discovering: that Lyotard s incisive work...  Read More >>

Upon presenting the 1986 Nobel Prize for Peace to Elie Wiesel, Egil Aarvick hailed him as “a messenger to mankind--not...  Read More >>

This book demonstrates that theory in literary and cultural studies has moved beyond overarching master theories...  Read More >>

An integrated study of the history, philosophy, and science of color that offers a novel theory of the metaphysics...  Read More >>

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The Art of Gerhard Richter: Hermeneutics, Images, Meaning presents the first philosophical investigation of, arguably,...  Read More >>

In his most recent work, the contemporary philosopher Roger Scruton has turned his attention to religion. Although...  Read More >>

Covering an extensive range of topics, from Daoism to Debussy, Cooper does a great job of conveying some deep and...  Read More >>

This book uses an examination of the annual Turner Prize to defend the view that the evaluation of artworks is a...  Read More >>

This book analyzes the relationship between art and politics in two contrasting modern dictatorships. Through a...  Read More >>

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Covering an extensive range of topics, from Daoism to Debussy, Cooper does a great job of conveying some deep and...  Read More >>

Transformative Aesthetics presents a series of fresh perspectives on the discussion of aesthetics, uniting Western...  Read More >>

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