Art and Enlightenment : Scottish Aesthetics in the 18th Century.
During the intellectual and cultural flowering of Scotland in the 18th century few subjects attracted as much interest among men of letters as aesthetics - the study of art from the subjective perspective of human experience. All of the great philosophers of the age - Hutcheson, Hume, Smith and Reid...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Luton :
Andrews UK,
2012.
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Colección: | Library of Scottish philosophy.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | During the intellectual and cultural flowering of Scotland in the 18th century few subjects attracted as much interest among men of letters as aesthetics - the study of art from the subjective perspective of human experience. All of the great philosophers of the age - Hutcheson, Hume, Smith and Reid - addressed themselves to aesthetic questions. Their inquiries revolved around a cluster of issues - the nature of taste, beauty and the sublime, how qualitative differences operate upon the mind ... |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
ISBN: | 9781845404451 1845404459 |