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The concept of the beautiful /

This book details the history of the concept of the beautiful, starting with a distinction between the 'warm' metaphysics of beauty and the 'cold' one modeled on Plato's Janus-faced relationship to beauty, and ending with a fragmented yet hopeful vision propagated by the lik...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heller, Agnes
Otros Autores: Morgan, Marcia, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Preface; Editor's Essay; Introduction: What Went Wrong with the Concept of the Beautiful?; Chapter 01. The Platonic Concept of the Beautiful; Chapter 02. Enlightenment or the This-Worldly Concept of the Beautiful; Chapter 03. Kant's Concept of the Beautiful; Chapter 04. Departure and Arrival; Chapter 05. The Fragmentation of the Concept of the Beautiful; Selected Bibliography; Index.