{"product_id":"aesthetics-9781119116806","title":"Aesthetics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe newly expanded and revised edition\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eof Cooper's popular anthology featuring classic writings on aesthetics, both historical and contemporary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second edition of this bestselling anthology collects essays of canonical significance in aesthetics and the philosophy of art, featuring a wide range of topics from the nature of beauty and the criteria for aesthetic judgement to the value of art and the appreciation of nature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes texts by classical philosophers like Plato and Kant alongside essays from art critics like Clive Bell, with new readings from Leonardo da Vinci, Oscar Wilde, Walter Pater, Ronald W. Hepburn, and Arthur C. Danto among others\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntersperses philosophical scholarship with diverse contributions from artists, poets, novelists, and critics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBroadens the scope of aesthetics beyond the Western tradition, including important texts by Asian philosophers from Mo Tzu to Tanizaki\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a fully-updated intro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Plato, \u003ci\u003eThe Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, Book 10 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Aristotle, \u003ci\u003ePoetics\u003c\/i\u003e, Chapters 1–15 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 (A) Mo Tzu, “Against music”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(B) Hsun Tzu, “A discussion of music” 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Plotinus, \u003ci\u003eEnneads\u003c\/i\u003e, 1.6 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 (A) Leon Battista Alberti, \u003ci\u003eOn Painting\u003c\/i\u003e, from Books II and III\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(B) Leonardo da Vinci, \u003ci\u003eNotebooks \u003c\/i\u003e(Selections) 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Shih‐t’ao, “Quotes on Painting” 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 David Hume, “Of the standard of taste” 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Immanuel Kant, “Critique of aesthetic judgement,”Sections 1–14, 16, 23–4, 28 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Friedrich Schiller, \u003ci\u003eOn the Aesthetic Education of Man, \u003c\/i\u003eLetters 26–7 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 G.W.F. Hegel, \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Aesthetics, \u003c\/i\u003eChapters 1–3 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Arthur Schopenhauer, \u003ci\u003eThe World as Will and Representation, \u003c\/i\u003eVol. I, Section 52 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 (A) Walter Pater, \u003ci\u003eThe Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e, from Preface and Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(B) Oscar Wilde, “The Decay of Lying” (Selections) 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Leo Tolstoy, “On art” 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Clive Bell, “The aesthetic hypothesis” 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 A.K. Coomaraswamy, \u003ci\u003eThe Dance of Si\u003c\/i\u003é\u003ci\u003eva\u003c\/i\u003e, Essays 3−4 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Junichirō Tanizaki, \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of Shadows \u003c\/i\u003e(Selections) 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 John Dewey, \u003ci\u003eArt as Experience, \u003c\/i\u003eChapters 1–2 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Martin Heidegger, “The origin of the work of art,” from Lectures 1 and 2 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 R.G. Collingwood, \u003ci\u003eThe Principles of Art, \u003c\/i\u003eChapter 7 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Ronald W. Hepburn, “Aesthetic appreciation of nature” 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Arthur C. Danto, “The Artworld” 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 353\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406989074775,"sku":"9781119116806","price":27.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119116806.jpg?v=1730497804","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/aesthetics-9781119116806","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}