World-leading philosopher Andrew Benjamin presents a radically new materialist philosophy of art and a rethinking of the history of art in that context.
The book ""Philosophy of Art"" by Virgil Charles Aldrich is a comprehensive exploration of the philosophical concepts and theories that underpin the world of art.
First published in 1959, this book is concerned with the methodology of art history, and so with questions about historical thinking; it enquires what scientific history of art can accomplish,...
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Why, then, has so little work been done in this area? This volume is most probably the first collection of papers by analytic Anglo-American philosophers tackling these concerns head-on.
Designed specifically to meet the needs of students and assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, this is the ideal reference tool for those coming to philosophy of art for the first time.
Make-Believe. Sonia. Sedivy. DOI: 10.4324/9780367808662-1 Kendall Walton's work offers a comprehensive reorientation to the ... He proposes a novel perspective that focuses on our imagination and our capacity for make-believe, ...
But I do believe I am writing in the spirit of Bradley and I share his conclusion that a special feature of poetry is the unity of form and content. Bradley's whole discussion of poetry is focused on the idea ...
This is the first book exclusively devoted to Wittgenstein's aesthetics, exploring the themes developed by Wittgenstein in his own writing on aesthetics as well as the implications of Wittgenstein's wider philosophical views for ...
What is the future of conceptualism? What expressions can it take in the 21st century? Is there a new role for aesthetic experience in art and, if so, what is that role exactly?
This book addresses that gap, elaborating the extent to which artworks and practices of the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries were accompanied by an immense range of discussions about the arts and their relation to one another.