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""Not since Thoreau has an American author displayed such a profound appreciation for the aesthetics of nature; but, unlike Thoreau, Berleant has designed a program for allowing others to join in on that appreciation."" --E. F. Kaelin, Professor of Philosophy, Florida State Unive...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Berleant, Arnold, 1932- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple Univ Press, 1992.
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Environment (Aesthetics)
Aesthetics.
Culture.
Nature (Aesthetics)
Landscape assessment.
Nature (Esthétique)
Environnement (Esthétique)
Paysages > Évaluation.
PHILOSOPHY > Aesthetics.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; One. Environment as a Challenge to Aesthetics; Two. The Aesthetic Sense of Environment; Three. Descriptive Aesthetics; Four. Scenes from a Connecticut Landscape: Four Studies in Descriptive Aesthetics; Five. Aesthetic Paradigms for an Urban Ecology; Six. Cultivating an Urban Aesthetic; Seven. Designing Outer Space; Eight. The Museum of Art as a ParticipatoryEnvironment; Nine. Environmental Criticism; Ten. Environment as an Aesthetic Paradigm; Eleven. The Aesthetics of Art and Nature; Twelve. Reclaiming the American Landscape; Notes; Index

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