{"product_id":"aesthetics-9781138235878","title":"Aesthetics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAesthetics: A Reader in Philosophy of the Arts\u003c\/em\u003e, fourth edition, contains a selection of ninety-six readings organized by individual art forms as well as a final section of readings in philosophical aesthetics that cover multiple art forms. Sections include topics that are familiar to students such as painting, photography and movies, architecture, music, literature, and performance, as well as contemporary subjects such as mass art, popular arts, the aesthetics of the everyday, and the natural environment. Essays are drawn from both the analytic and continental traditions, and multiple others that bridge this divide between these traditions. Throughout, readings are brief, accessible for undergraduates, and conceptually focused, allowing instructors many different syllabi possibilities using only this single volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey Additions to the Fourth Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fourth edition is expanded to include a total of ninety-six essays with ni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This 4th Edition offers broad coverage of many fascinating contemporary topics while also including some of the key works in the history of aesthetics. This text demonstrates the vibrancy of aesthetics today without losing sight of its past.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Christopher Bartel, \u003cem\u003eAppalachian State University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I’ve long considered \u003ci\u003eAesthetics: A Reader in Philosophy of the Arts\u003c\/i\u003e to be the best collection for undergraduate philosophy of art classes because of the breadth of its readings, and because of its excellent coverage of recent debates in the arts. The fourth edition builds on these strengths, expanding its coverage of contemporary topics.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Joshua Shaw, \u003cem\u003ePenn State Erie, The Behrend College\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The editors have have imaginatively selected essays both canonical and offbeat from diverse traditions. This anthology would be engaging and accessible to undergraduates of all levels and majors, as it shows the importance of Aesthetics to everyday life, as well as to philosophy and culture. It is an outstanding new contribution to the pedagogical literature in the field.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Carol S. Gould, \u003cem\u003eFlorida Atlantic University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eAcknowledgements for the 4th Edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1: Painting \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst Imitation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlato\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Limits of Likeness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eErnst Gombrich\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReality Remade\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNelson Goodman\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \"Perfect\" Fake\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNelson Goodman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtistic Crimes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDenis Dutton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForm in Modern Painting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClive Bell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Formal Analysis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEdmund Burke Feldman \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntentional Visual Interest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMichael Baxandall \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorks of Art and Mere Real Things\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArthur C. Danto \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Origin of the Work of Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMartin Heidegger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy Are There No Great Women Artists? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLinda Nochlin \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePainting and Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA. W. Eaton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArt and Corruption\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Alfaro Siqueiros\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Photography and Moving Pictures \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWalter Benjamin \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTransparent Pictures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKendall L. Walton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy Photography Does Not Represent Artistically\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoger Scruton \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Hubble Photographs as Aesthetic Objects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlo Leibowitz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchitectural Photography: The \"Urban Photogénie\" of Architainment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJennifer Burris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow Beauty Matters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeg Brand Weiser\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllegory of the Cave\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlato \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTowards an Ontology of the Moving Image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNoël Carroll\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving Pictures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArthur C. Danto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoman as Image, Man as Bearer of the Look\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLaura Mulvey\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeauty and Evil: The Case of Leni Riefenstahl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMary Devereaux\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Last King of Scotland: The Ethics of Race on Film\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaul C. Taylor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: Architecture \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Problem of Architecture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoger Scruton\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHome is Where the Heart Is: Taking Architecture Personally\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEdward Winters\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrnament and Crime: Tattoos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdolf Loos\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTowards an Architecture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLe Corbusier\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchitecture as Decorated Shelter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRobert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Discussion of Architecture (with Christopher Norris)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJacque Derrida\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to Experience Architecture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJenefer Robinson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpectacular vs. Deferential Art Museums in the Twenty-First Century \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLarry Shiner\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchitectural Ghosts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJeanette Bicknell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDigital Architecture and the New Elegance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHina Jamelle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV: Music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the Concept of Music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJerrold Levinson\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOntology of Music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBen Caplan and Carl Matheson\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking Tracks: The Ontology of Rock Music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew Kania\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs Live Music Dead?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLee B. Brown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Expression of Emotion in Music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStephen Davies\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRepresentation in Music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoger Scruton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSound and Semblance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeter Kivy\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfrican Music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Miller Chernoff\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJazz and Language\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRobert Kraut\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Topography of Musical Improvisation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhilip Alperson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFakin’ It: Is There Authenticity in Commercial Music? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTheodore Gracyk\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan White People Sing the Blues? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJoel Rudinow\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial Consciousness in Dancehall Reggae\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnita M. Waters \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart V: Literature \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is Literature? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTerry Eagleton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Poetic Expression of Emotion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eR. G. Collingwood\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Paradox of Expression\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGarry L. Hagberg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Intention of the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMonroe C. Beardsley\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is an Author? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMichel Foucault\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCriticism as Retrieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRichard Wollheim\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeneath Interpretation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRichard Shusterman\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Art of Writing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLu Chi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to Eat a Chinese Poem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRichard W. Bodman\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagination and Make-Believe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGregory Currie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart VI: Performance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlato\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Tragedy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAristotle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Birth of Tragedy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFriedrich Nietzsche\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Is Going On in a Dance? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMonroe C. Beardsley \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking and Dancing: A Reponse to Monroe Beardsley's \"What is Going On in a Dance?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNoël Carroll and Sally Banes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppreciating Dance: The View from the Audience\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAili Bresnahan \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiterature as a Performing Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJ. O. Urmson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Artwork as Performance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Davies \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy (Not) Philosophy of Stand-up Comedy?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSheila Lintott \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVentriloquism and Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Goldblatt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagic: The Art of the Impossible\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJason Leddington \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart VII: Mass Art \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDefining Mass Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNoël Carroll\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlato and the Mass Media\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlexander Nehamas \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdorno’s Case Against Popular Music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLee B. Brown \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Defense of Popular Arts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRichard Shusterman \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTelevision and Aesthetics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUmberto Eco\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelating Comics, Cartoons, and Animation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHenry John Pratt \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVideogames, Interactivity and Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrant Tavinor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs It Only a Game? The Ethics of Video Game Play\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStephanie Patridge \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart VIII: Nature and Everyday Aesthetics \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAesthetic Appreciation of the Natural Environment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAllen Carlson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryday Aesthetics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYuriko Saito \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKitsch \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRobert Solomon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Aesthetics of Junkyards\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThomas Leddy \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNonsense in Public Places: Songs of Black Vocal Rhythm and Blues or Doo-Wop\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Goldblatt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStreet Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSondra Bacharach\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJokes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTed Cohen \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRacist Humor \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLuvell Anderson \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Sensible Antiporn Feminism \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA. W. Eaton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFalling in Lust: Sexiness, Feminism, and Pornography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHans Maes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IX: Art in General \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf the Standard of Taste\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Hume\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sublime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEdmund Burke \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudgments about the Beautiful\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eImmanuel Kant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Philosophy of Fine Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eG. W. F. Hegel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAesthetic Concepts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrank Sibley \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories of Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKendall L. Walton \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Role of Theory in Aesthetics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMorris Weitz \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArt and Natural Selection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDenis Dutton \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeminism in Context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeg Brand Weiser \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019468636503,"sku":"9781138235878","price":142.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138235878.jpg?v=1750780364","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/aesthetics-9781138235878","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}