Pia Jane Bijkerk
There's a new trend among the young designers and decorators of Paris: an embracing of an aesthetic called fait main. Literally, this means "made by hand," but in this case it includes not only new items fashioned by hand but vintage objects [... more]
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Aesthetic Theory
 Fundamentally The Intellectual Equivalent of White Flight: I do not understand Adorno's fame or appeal. The consequences--witting or unwitting--of many of his ideas are frighteningly inhuman. This is to speak only of the ideas I found scrutable. But [... more]
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Oscar Wilde
Born in Ireland in 1856, Oscar Wilde was a noted essayist, playwright, fairy tale writer and poet, as well as an early leader of the Aesthetic Movement. His plays include: An Ideal Husband, Salome, A Woman of No Importance, and Lady Windermere's ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Aesthetic Theory
Fundamentally The Intellectual Equivalent of White Flight: I do not understand Adorno's fame or appeal. The consequences--witting or unwitting--of many of his ideas are frighteningly inhuman. This is to speak only of the ideas I found scrutable. But [... more]
CDN$27.59
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Aesthetics And Politics
an invaluable volume: This is a well arranged volume of the essays essential to Marxist criticism from the 1930's to the 1950's. The essayists are all critical contributions are summed-up, and their current relevance traced, in a brilliant conclusion by [... more]
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Aesthetics: Lectures on Fine Art Volume 2
Not since Aristotle has Philosophy so Illuminated Fine Art: It is not every century that is so fortunate to receive a vision of Fine Art that illuminates the foundations of Art and what Art means for the human species. Hegel first distinguishes between [... more]
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On the Aesthetic Education of Man
Excellent Edition of an Excellent Text: Writing in the 1790s, Schiller united the rigorous epistemology of Kant and Fichte with Plato's dynamic account of the development of the soul to produce one of the most beautiful works of philosophy in the [... more]
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Sight Sound Motion: Applied Media Aesthetics (with ...
motion graphics professor: "Sight, Sound, Motion: Applied Media Aesthetics explains the WHY of film and video production. If you're looking for HOW then turn to another book." I would disagree with the above review. Only by learning WHY first, [... more]
CDN$78.17
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Aesthetics Of Environment Pb
An aesthetics of engagement: Berleant explains clearly why conventional aesthetics do not only impede our encounter with the arts, but even more obstruct the aesthetic appreciation of nature.Thus instead of disinterested contemplation Berlant talks about [... more]
CDN$34.06
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Sublime Understanding: Aesthetic Reflection in Kant and ...
Sublime Understandings: One of the best, most insightful works on the subject to date. Aestheticians and Kant scholars: buy this book now!: Pillow provides a fascinating account of Kantian and Hegelian aesthetics that will prove of great interest to [... more]
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The Abuse of Beauty: Aesthetics and the Concept of Art
Clearly out of everyday art practices among the "people": This book is a collection of articles and essays, most of which must have been published in The Nation, for which Danto is an art critic. They cannot and will not reveal any structured [... more]
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Aesthetics: The Big Questions
I read this for a class. I'm keeping it.: This book is an excellent introduction to aesthetic theory. Buy it and read it and treasure it forever. Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 111.85 EAN: 9780631205944 ISBN: 0631205942 Number Of Pages: 384 [... more]
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