Aesthetics

The Classic Readings

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Av David E. Cooper, David E. Cooper, David E. (University of Durham) Cooper

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The newly expanded and revised edition of Cooper’s popular anthology featuring classic writings on aesthetics, both historical and contemporaryThe second edition of this bestselling anthology collects essays of canonical significance in aesthetics and the philosophy of art, featuring a wide range of topics from the nature of beauty and the criteria for aesthetic judgement to the value of art and the appreciation of nature. Includes texts by classical philosophers like Plato and Kant alongside essays from art critics like Clive Bell, with new readings from Leonardo da Vinci, Oscar Wilde, Walter Pater, Ronald W. Hepburn, and Arthur C. Danto among othersIntersperses philosophical scholarship with diverse contributions from artists, poets, novelists, and criticsBroadens the scope of aesthetics beyond the Western tradition, including important texts by Asian philosophers from Mo Tzu to TanizakiIncludes a fully-updated introduction to the discipline written by the editor, as well as prefaces to each text and chapter-specific lists of further reading

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Utgivningsdatum2019-05-02
Mått152 x 226 x 20 mm
Vikt567 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePhilosophy: The Classic Readings
Antal sidor368
Upplaga2
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781119116806

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DAVID E. COOPER is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Durham University and has been a visiting professor at universities in the US, Canada, Malta, and Sri Lanka. His many books include Philosophy: The Classic Readings (Wiley Blackwell, 2009, edited with P.S. Fosl), World Philosophies: A Historical Introduction (Wiley Blackwell, Second Edition, 2002), Existentialism: A Reconstruction (Wiley Blackwell, Second Edition, 1999) and Animals and Misanthropy (2018).

Acknowledgments viiIntroduction 11 Plato, The Republic, Book 10 92 Aristotle, Poetics, Chapters 1–15 283 (A) Mo Tzu, “Against music”(B) Hsun Tzu, “A discussion of music” 444 Plotinus, Enneads, 1.6 555 (A) Leon Battista Alberti, On Painting, from Books II and III(B) Leonardo da Vinci, Notebooks (Selections) 666 Shih‐t’ao, “Quotes on Painting” 777 David Hume, “Of the standard of taste” 898 Immanuel Kant, “Critique of aesthetic judgement,”Sections 1–14, 16, 23–4, 28 1089 Friedrich Schiller, On the Aesthetic Education of Man, Letters 26–7 13910 G.W.F. Hegel, Introduction to Aesthetics, Chapters 1–3 15411 Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol. I, Section 52 16812 (A) Walter Pater, The Renaissance, from Preface and Conclusion(B) Oscar Wilde, “The Decay of Lying” (Selections) 18313 Leo Tolstoy, “On art” 19614 Clive Bell, “The aesthetic hypothesis” 21015 A.K. Coomaraswamy, The Dance of Síva, Essays 3−4 22716 Junichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows (Selections) 24317 John Dewey, Art as Experience, Chapters 1–2 25718 Martin Heidegger, “The origin of the work of art,” from Lectures 1 and 2 28019 R.G. Collingwood, The Principles of Art, Chapter 7 29620 Ronald W. Hepburn, “Aesthetic appreciation of nature” 31921 Arthur C. Danto, “The Artworld” 337Index 353