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Philosophy: aesthetics
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Wittgenstein, Aesthetics and Philosophy
Mr. Peter B. Lewis
Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback
Whilst Wittgenstein wrote significantly less on aesthetics than other topics like language, meaning and mind, what he had... [more]
The Frontier Within: Essays by Abe Kobo
Kobo Abe
Literary theory; Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback
Abe Kobo (1924-1993) was one of Japan's greatest postwar writers, widely recognized for his imaginative science fiction and... [more]
The Ordinary Man of Cinema
Jean Louis Schefer
Film theory & criticism; Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback
The first English translation of a foundational work in cinema studies and the philosophy of film. [more]
Doing Things with Things: The Design and Use of Everyday Objects
Ole Dreier
Philosophy: aesthetics; Anthropology; Psychology; Human geography; Urban & municipal planning
Paperback
Examining how people relate to objects, this book focuses on every day objects and how these objects enter into our activities... [more]
Design for Micro-Utopias: Making the Unthinkable Possible
John Wood
Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Philosophy: aesthetics; Cultural studies
Paperback
How can we design a better world? This book explores utopianism, but a more tentative, temporary, pluralized and truncated... [more]
Thinking with Kant's Critique of Judgment
Michel Chaouli
Western philosophy: Enlightenment; Philosophy: aesthetics; Popular philosophy
Hardback
Michel Chaouli invites novice and expert alike to set out on the path of thinking, with help from Kant's Critique of Judgment,... [more]
Clothes
John Harvey (University of California Davis USA)
Philosophy: aesthetics
Hardback
Clothes protect our vulnerable skin and they keep us warm or cool. They help us show that we are young or old, rich or poor,... [more]
Landscape Theory in Design
Susan Herrington (University of British Columbia, Canada.)
Theory of architecture; Landscape art & architecture; Philosophy: aesthetics
Hardback
Phenomenology, Materiality, Cybernetics, Palimpsest, Cyborgs, Landscape Urbanism, Typology, Semiotics, Deconstruction - the... [more]
Aesthetics of Music: Musicological Perspectives
Stephen Downes
Theory of music & musicology; Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback
Aesthetics of Music: Musicological Approaches is an anthology of fourteen essays, each addressing a single key concept or... [more]
: Painting, Language and Modernity (1985)
Michael Phillipson
Theory of art; Philosophy: aesthetics; Sociology
Hardback
First published in 1985, this book draws together the author's artistic with analytical practices which had been developed... [more]
The Imperfect City: On Architectural Judgment
Samir Younes
Architecture; Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Philosophy: aesthetics; Sociology
Paperback
Examines architectural judgment in its historical, cultural, political, and psychological dimensions and their convergence... [more]
European Art: A Neuroarthistory
John Onians
History of Art & Design Styles; Philosophy: aesthetics; Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology
Hardback
A bold revision of the history of European art, told through the lens of neuroscience [more]
Hair
Scott Lowe
Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Literary studies: general; Philosophy: aesthetics; Popular culture; Fashion & society
Paperback
About how the manipulation of human hair holds fascinating symbolic meanings and provokes profound visceral impacts in all... [more]
Experience: Culture, Cognition, and the Common Sense
Caroline A. Jones (Associate Professor of the History of Art, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), David Mather, Rebecca Uchill
Theory of art; Philosophy: aesthetics; Cognition & cognitive psychology
Hardback
A book that produces sensory experiences while bringing the concept of experience itself into relief as a subject of criticism... [more]
The Star as Icon: Celebrity in the Age of Mass Consumption
Professor Daniel Herwitz
Philosophy: aesthetics; Popular culture; Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge; Media, information & communication industries
Paperback
Princess Diana, Jackie O, Grace Kelly-the star icon is the most talked about yet least understood persona. The object of adoration,... [more]
Black is Beautiful: A Philosophy of Black Aesthetics
Paul C. Taylor
Theory of art; Philosophy: aesthetics; Black & Asian studies
Paperback
Black is Beautiful identifies and explores the most significant philosophical issues that emerge from the aesthetic dimensions... [more]
The Method of Equality: Interviews with Laurent Jeanpierre and Dork Zabunyan...
Jacques Ranciere
Philosophy: aesthetics; Social & political philosophy
Paperback
The development of Ranciere's philosophical work, from his formative years through the political and methodological break... [more]
Melancholy and the Landscape: Locating Sadness, Memory and Reflection in...
Jacky Dr. Bowring (Lincoln University, New Zealand)
Theory of architecture; Landscape art & architecture; Philosophy: aesthetics
Hardback
Written as an advocacy of melancholy's value as part of landscape experience, this book situates the concept within landscape's... [more]
Ancient Aesthetics
Andrew Mason
Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback
Ancient thought, particularly that of Plato and Aristotle, has played an important role in the development of the field of... [more]
Surrealism: Key Concepts
Michael Richardson, Krzysztof Fijalkowski
Art & design styles: Surrealism & Dada; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Philosophy: aesthetics; Cultural studies
Hardback
Emerging from the disruption of the First World War, surrealism confronted the resulting `crisis of consciousness' in a way... [more]
Cigarette Lighter
Jack Pendarvis
Philosophy: aesthetics; Material culture; Media studies
Paperback
An eclectic and poetic exploration of the cigarette lighter and its association with romance, magic, art, science, immortality... [more]
Wollheim, Wittgenstein, and Pictorial Representation: Seeing-as and Seeing-in...
Gary Kemp, Gabriele M. Mras
Theory of art; Philosophy of mind; Philosophy: aesthetics
Hardback
Pictorial representation is one of the core questions in aesthetics and philosophy of art. What is a picture? How do pictures... [more]
Film Fables
Jacques Ranciere
Film theory & criticism; Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback
Tracing the history of modern cinema, this book shows us how, between its images and its stories, the cinema tells its truth.... [more]
Novelty: A History of the New
John Lardas Modern
Philosophy: aesthetics; History of ideas
Paperback
If art and science have one thing in common, it's a hunger for the new-new ideas and innovations, new ways of seeing and depicting... [more]
The Philosophy of Art History
Arnold Hauser
Theory of art; History of Art & Design Styles; Philosophy: aesthetics
Hardback
First published in 1959, this book is concerned with the methodology of art history, and so with questions about historical... [more]
