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      ISBN: 052180521X

      ISBN13: 9780521805216

      An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art

      (Part of the Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy Series)

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      In this book Richard Eldridge presents a clear and compact survey of philosophical theories of the nature and significance of art. Drawing on materials from classical and contemporary philosophy as well as from literary theory and art criticism, he explores the representational, expressive, and formal dimensions of art, and he argues that works of art present their subject matter in ways that are of enduring cognitive, moral, and social interest. His discussion, illustrated with a wealth of examples, ranges over topics such as beauty, originality, imagination, imitation, the ways in which we respond emotionally to art, and why we argue about which works are good. His accessible study will be invaluable to students and to all readers who are interested in the relation between thought and art. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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      Understand the Philosophy of Art

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      I read this book for a graduate seminar on the philosophy of art. Richard Eldridge's "An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art" is an excellent text to get a general idea of the vast field of philosophy of art. Aesthetics = philosophy of Art, thinking about art. Originally, aesthetics just meant "sense experience," and had nothing to do with art. A certain theory of art came to co-opt this word. So, much of modern philosophy...

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