The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics (Routledge Philosophy Companions)

This text is the first in my arts administration masters program. Though I am not through the book the first few chapters are interesting and provoke a thoughtful response. BOOK COVER......Page 1 TITLE......Page 4 COPYRIGHT......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 FIGURES......Page 10 CONTRIBUTORS......Page 11 PREFACE......Page 17 Part 1 HISTORY OF AESTHETICS......Page 20 1 PLATO......Page 22 2 ARISTOTLE......Page 34 3 MEDIEVAL AESTHETICS......Page 46 4 EMPIRICISM Hutcheson and Hume......Page 56 5 KANT......Page 70 6 HEGEL......Page 84 7 NIETZSCHE......Page 94 8 FORMALISM......Page 106 9 PRAGMATISM Dewey......Page 116 10 HEIDEGGER......Page 126 11 EXPRESSIVISM Croce and Collingwood......Page 138 12 SIBLEY......Page 150 13 FOUCAULT......Page 162 14 POSTMODERNISM Barthes and Derrida......Page 174 Part 2 AESTHETIC THEORY......Page 186 15 DEFINITIONS OF ART......Page 188 16 THE AESTHETIC......Page 200 17 TASTE......Page 212 18 AESTHETIC UNIVERSALS......Page 222 19 VALUE OF ART......Page 234 20 BEAUTY......Page 246 21 INTERPRETATION......Page 258 22 IMAGINATION AND MAKE-BELIEVE......Page 272 23 FICTION......Page 282 24 NARRATIVE......Page 294 25 METAPHOR......Page 304 26 PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION......Page 316 Part 3 ISSUES AND CHALLENGES......Page 332 27 CRITICISM......Page 334 28 ART AND KNOWLEDGE......Page 348 29 ART AND ETHICS......Page 360 30 ART, EXPRESSION AND EMOTION......Page 372 31 TRAGEDY......Page 382 32 HUMOR......Page 394 33 AUTHENTICITY IN PERFORMANCE......Page 402 34 FAKES AND FORGERIES......Page 414 35 HIGH ART VERSUS LOW ART......Page 428 36 ENVIRONMENTAL AESTHETICS......Page 442 37 FEMINIST AESTHETICS......Page 456 Part 4 THE INDIVIDUAL ARTS......Page 466 38 LITERATURE......Page 468 39 FILM......Page 482 40 PHOTOGRAPHY......Page 496 41 PAINTING......Page 510 42 SCULPTURE......Page 522 43 ARCHITECTURE......Page 538 44 MUSIC......Page 550 45 DANCE......Page 564 46 THEATER......Page 576 INDEX......Page 588 Humanities BOOK COVER 1 TITLE 4 COPYRIGHT 5 CONTENTS 6 FIGURES 10 CONTRIBUTORS 11 PREFACE 17 Part 1 HISTORY OF AESTHETICS 20 1 PLATO 22 2 ARISTOTLE 34 3 MEDIEVAL AESTHETICS 46 4 EMPIRICISM Hutcheson and Hume 56 5 KANT 70 6 HEGEL 84 7 NIETZSCHE 94 8 FORMALISM 106 9 PRAGMATISM Dewey 116 10 HEIDEGGER 126 11 EXPRESSIVISM Croce and Collingwood 138 12 SIBLEY 150 13 FOUCAULT 162 14 POSTMODERNISM Barthes and Derrida 174 Part 2 AESTHETIC THEORY 186 15 DEFINITIONS OF ART 188 16 THE AESTHETIC 200 17 TASTE 212 18 AESTHETIC UNIVERSALS 222 19 VALUE OF ART 234 20 BEAUTY 246 21 INTERPRETATION 258 22 IMAGINATION AND MAKE-BELIEVE 272 23 FICTION 282 24 NARRATIVE 294 25 METAPHOR 304 26 PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION 316 Part 3 ISSUES AND CHALLENGES 332 27 CRITICISM 334 28 ART AND KNOWLEDGE 348 29 ART AND ETHICS 360 30 ART, EXPRESSION AND EMOTION 372 31 TRAGEDY 382 32 HUMOR 394 33 AUTHENTICITY IN PERFORMANCE 402 34 FAKES AND FORGERIES 414 35 HIGH ART VERSUS LOW ART 428 36 ENVIRONMENTAL AESTHETICS 442 37 FEMINIST AESTHETICS 456 Part 4 THE INDIVIDUAL ARTS 466 38 LITERATURE 468 39 FILM 482 40 PHOTOGRAPHY 496 41 PAINTING 510 42 SCULPTURE 522 43 ARCHITECTURE 538 44 MUSIC 550 45 DANCE 564 46 THEATER 576 INDEX 588

the Second Edition Of The Acclaimed routledge Companion To Aesthetics Contains Fifty-four Chapters Written By Leading International Scholars Covering All Aspects Of Aesthetics.

this Companion Opens With An Historical Overview Of Aesthetics Including Entries On Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sibley And Derrida. The Second Part Covers The Central Concepts And Theories Needed For A Comprehensive Understanding Of Aesthetics Including The Definitions Of Art, Taste, Value Of Art, Beauty, Imagination, Fiction, Narrative, Metaphor And Pictorial Representation. Part Three Is Devoted To The Topics That Have Attracted Much Contemporary Interest In Aesthetics Including Art And Ethics, Environmental Aesthetics And Feminist Aesthetics. The Final Part Addresses The Individual Arts Of Music, Photography, Film, Literature, Theatre, Dance, Architecture And Sculpture.

with Nine New And Revised Entries, And Up To Date Suggestions For Further Reading, the Routledge Companion To Aesthetics Is Essential For Anyone Interested In Aesthetics, Art, Literature, And Visual Studies.

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will Interest Both Expert And Novice.

Plato's writings about the arts play a foundation role in the history of aesthetics, not simply because they are the earliest substantial contribution to the subject. This work covers the many different aspects of aesthetics and is structured into four parts: history; aesthetic theory; issues and challenges; and individual arts