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Philosophy: aesthetics
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Unquiet Pasts: Risk Society, Lived Cultural Heritage, Re-designing Reflexivity...
Stephanie Koerner
Archaeology; Philosophy: aesthetics; Anthropology; Human geography
Paperback
Includes bibliographical references and index. [more]
Farewell to Visual Studies
James Elkins, Gustav Frank, Sunil Manghani
Theory of art; Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960; Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback
A transdisciplinary collection of essays discussing the identity, nature, and future of visual studies as a laboratory for... [more]
Music, Masculinity and the Claims of History: The Austro-German Tradition...
Ian Biddle
Theory of music & musicology; Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900); Philosophy: aesthetics; Popular culture
Paperback
What does it mean to think of Western Art music - and the Austro-German contribution to that repertory - as a tradition? How... [more]
Henry James, Impressionism, and the Public
Daniel Hannah
Literature: history & criticism; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback
Proposing a new approach to Jamesian aesthetics, Daniel Hannah examines the complicated relationship between Henry James's... [more]
Re-thinking Aesthetics: Rogue Essays on Aesthetics and the Arts
Arnold Berleant
Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback
The essays, collected by Berleant in this volume all express the impulse to reject the received wisdom of modern aesthetics:... [more]
Encountering Urban Places: Visual and Material Performances in the City...
Lars Frers
City & town planning - architectural aspects; Philosophy: aesthetics; Cultural studies; Human geography
Paperback
The aesthetics of urban life are a curious quality, visible and hidden, both openly effective and subtly influencing. Exploring... [more]
Walter Pater and the Language of Sculpture
Lene Ostermark-Johansen
The Arts: General & Reference; Art styles not defined by date; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback
A monograph that discusses the Victorian critic Walter Pater's attitude to sculpture. It brings together Pater's aesthetic... [more]
Towards a Twenty-First-Century Feminist Politics of Music
Sally Macarthur
Theory of music & musicology; 20th century & contemporary classical music; Philosophy: aesthetics; Popular culture
Paperback
Towards a Twenty-First-Century Feminist Politics of Music opens up a new way of thinking about the absence of women's music.... [more]
Tolstoy's 'What is Art?'
Terry Diffey
Literary theory; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback
With its demand that works of art be judged according to the their morally didactic content, Tolstoy's reviled aesthetics... [more]
Commitment
Piers Benn
Philosophy; Philosophy: aesthetics
Hardback
Most of us care about certain people and things, and some of these concerns become personal commitments, involving our values,... [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]
