The Phenomenology of Aesthetic Experience (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)

The Phenomenology of Aesthetic Experience (Fr. Phnomnologie de l'exprience esthtique ) was first published in 1953.In the first of four parts, Dufrenne distinguishes the "aesthetic object" from the "work of art." In the second, he elucidates types of works of art, especially music and painting. He devoteshis third section to aesthetic perception. In the fourth, he describes a Kantian critique of aesthetic experience. A perennial classic in the SPEP series, the work is rounded out bya detailed "Translator's Foreword" especially helpful to readers in aesthetics interested in the context and circumstances around which the original was published as well as the phenomenological background of the book. First published in 1953, this perennial classic in the SPEP series, is rounded out by a detailed ""Translator's Foreword"" especially helpful to readers in aesthetics interested in the context and circumstances around which the original was published as well as the phenomenological background of the book.