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Book SynopsisTrade Review...helpful....something for the recommended reading list.... * s, Vol. 21, No. 6 (2007) *
The entries are consistently clear and quite broadly accessible, helpfully peppered with much cross-referencing....Recommended. * CHOICE, March 2007 *
Kant adopted it in his Critique of Judgment but who coined the term "aesthetics?" What role does horror play in recent theories of mass art? What are the rules that make up a standard of taste? Here Townsend (philosopher, Armstrong Atlantic State U.) makes it clear that the study of aesthetics goes far beyond determining what is beautiful, giving terms, great thinkers and artists, movements, classifications, means of analysis and appreciation and synopses of significant texts. The result, despite the complexities inherent in the study of aesthetics, is accessible enough for most general readers yet provides starting-points for those going deeper into the subject. He also supplies a bibliography sorted by topic, a chronology and an introduction providing a solid framework for the entries. Townsend brings in a number of theorists, Jung, Marx, Panofsky and Derrida among them, and explains the trickier terms in plain language. * Reference and Research Book News, November 2006 *
Table of ContentsPart 1 Editor's Foreward Part 2 Reader's Note Part 3 Chronology Part 4 Introduction Part 5 THE DICTIONARY Part 6 Bibliography Part 7 About the Author
