{"product_id":"the-aesthetics-of-atmospheres-9781138324558","title":"The Aesthetics of Atmospheres","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterest in sensory atmospheres and architectural and urban ambiances has been growing for over 30 years. A key figure in this field is acclaimed German philosopher Gernot Böhme whose influential conception of what atmospheres are and how they function has been only partially available to the English-speaking public. This translation of key essays along with an original introduction charts the development of Gernot Böhme''s philosophy of atmospheres and how it can be applied in various contexts such as scenography, commodity aesthetics, advertising, architecture, design, and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe phenomenological analysis of atmospheres has proved very fruitful and its most important, and successful, application has been within aesthetics. The material background of this success may be seen in the ubiquitous aestheticization of our lifeworld, or from another perspective, of the staging of everything, every event and performance. The theory of atmospheres becoming an aesthetic theory thus r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I. Theory: Aesthetics and aesthetical economy \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Atmosphere as a fundamental concept of a new aesthetics \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Atmosphere as an aesthetic concept \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. The art of the stage set as a paradigm for an aesthetics of atmospheres \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Kant’s aesthetics: a new perspective \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. On beauty \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. On synaesthesiae \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Contribution to the critique of the aesthetic economy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II. Aesthetics of nature and art \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Aesthetic knowledge of nature \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Nature in the age of its technical reproducibility \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Body, nature and art \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Nature as a subject \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III. Architecture \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. The atmosphere of a CITY \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Atmosphere as the subject matter of architecture \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Staged materiality \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Architecture: a visual art? On the relationship between modern architecture and photography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. Metaphors in architecture–a metaphor? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV. Light and sound \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. Acoustic atmospheres \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18. Music and architecture \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19. The great concert of the world \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20. Seeing light \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21. The phenomenology of light \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019480531287,"sku":"9781138324558","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-aesthetics-of-atmospheres-9781138324558","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}