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Introducing aesthetics

Content Description A concise yet comprehensive introduction to the discipline of western aesthetical philosophy
Print Book, English, 2003
Praeger, Westport, Conn., 2003
viii, 170 pages ; 24 cm
9780275979072, 9780275979089, 0275979075, 0275979083
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Experiences
The Aesthetic Experience
The Aesthetic Attitude
Disinterest
Recent Views
Objects and Events
The Aesthetic Object
Defining "Art"
Why Define "Art"?
Imitation and Representation
The Ancient Greek View
Romanticism
Expressionism
Formalism
Antiessentialism
The Artworld
Creations and Re-creations
Meaning
Interpreting Art
Censoring Art
Judgment
Defining "Beauty"
Why Define "Beauty"?
Formalism
Subjectivism
Naturalism
Reviewing Art and Art Criticism
An Outline of the History of Western Aesthetics