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Philosophical perspectives on art /
Presents a series of essays devoted to two of the most fundamental topics in the philosophy of art: the distinctive character of artworks and what is involved in understanding them as art. In Part I, Stephen Davies considers a wide range of questions about the nature and definition of art. Can art b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Essential distinctions for art theorists
- The cluster theory of art
- Functional and procedural definitions of art
- Non-western art and art's definition
- First art and art's definition
- Aesthetic judgments, artworks, and functional beauty
- Ellen Dissanayakes evolutionary aesthetic
- Probably not the last word on the end of art
- Is architecture an art
- Interpreting contextualities
- Authors' intentions, literary interpretation, and literary value
- True interpretations
- Relativism in interpretation
- Replies to arguments suggesting that critics' strong evaluations could not be soundly deduced
- Truth-values and metaphors
- The expression theory again.