Aesthetics
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Politics of Modernism: Against the New ConformistsConsidered to be the founding father of British cultural theory, Williams was concerned throughout his life to apply a materialist and socialist analysis to all forms of culture, defined generously and inclusively as "structures of feeling." In this major work, Williams applies himself to...
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Intimate ThingsOriginally published in 1930, Intimate Things is a charming and insightful collection of essays about the everyday things that surround us. From umbrellas to shoes, from lamps to typewriters, Capek's unique perspective will make you see the world in a fresh and exciting way....
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Black Time and the Aesthetic Possibility of ObjectsThe decades following the civil rights and decolonization movements of the sixties and seventies--termed the post-soul era--created new ways to understand the aesthetics of global racial representation. Daphne Lamothe shows that beginning around 1980 and continuing to the present day, Black literature, art, and...
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Black Time and the Aesthetic Possibility of ObjectsThe decades following the civil rights and decolonization movements of the sixties and seventies--termed the post-soul era--created new ways to understand the aesthetics of global racial representation. Daphne Lamothe shows that beginning around 1980 and continuing to the present day, Black literature, art, and...
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Who Stole the Arms of the Venus de Milo?Who Stole the Arms of the Venus de Milo? is an exhilarating, course-correcting account about one of the most iconic sculptures ever created. Carved by an obscure Greek sculptor, Alexandros of Antioch, in the first first century BCE, and inspired by the Greek myth...
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Grotesque and Caricature: Leonardo to BerniniGrotesque and Caricature: Leonardo to Bernini examines these two genres across Renaissance and Early Modern Italy. Although their origins stem from Antiquity, it were Leonardo da Vinci's early teste caricate that injected fresh life into the tradition, greatly inspiring generations of artists. Critical among...
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Doorway to ArtistryYour artistry involves you intimately with the world around and beyond you. So your artistry involves profound but simple philosophical matters. As a human person, you are artful and philosophical, at the core of your being. Doorway to Artistry offers a playful, everyday philosophical...
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Anteaesthetics: Black Aesthesis and the Critique of FormIn Anteaesthetics, Rizvana Bradley begins from the proposition that blackness cannot be represented in modernity's aesthetic regime, but is nevertheless foundational to every representation. Troubling the idea that the aesthetic is sheltered from the antiblack terror that lies just beyond its sanctuary, Bradley insists...
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Professor Lundy's Guide to Rock Music Connoisseurship: Developing Defendable Aesthetic Judgment and Discovering the Most Worthwhile Music ExperiencesThis empirical and theoretical book should be of interest to anyone who dares to consider the contentious topic of measuring and justifying aesthetic value in music, as well as the issue of how experts compare to nonexperts in terms of aesthetic fluency, aesthetic sensitivity...
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BarcodeObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Barcodes are about as ordinary as an object can be. Billions of them are scanned each day and they impact everything from how we shop to how...
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Essays: Friedrich SchillerAuthor: Friedrich Schiller, J. Friedrich Von SchillerPublisher: Continnuum-3PLPublished: 07/01/1992Pages: 296Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90dISBN: 9780826407139About the AuthorDaniel O. Dahlstrom is Professor of Philosophy at Boston University, USA. His previous publications include Interpreting Heidegger: Critical Essays (CUP, 2011), Heidegger's Concept of...
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Why Only Art Can Save Us: Aesthetics and the Absence of EmergencyThe state of emergency, according to thinkers such as Carl Schmidt, Walter Benjamin, and Giorgio Agamben, is at the heart of any theory of politics. But today the problem is not the crises that we do confront, which are often used by governments to...
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Ridiculous Theatre: Scourge of Human Folly: The Essays and Opinions of Charles LudlamEdited by Steven Samuels Unguarded, witty, articulate and extremely smart." -Frank Rich, New York Times "The greatest comic genius of our time." -Judith Malina, The Living Theatre Artistic director, playwright, director, designer and star of New York's acclaimed Ridiculous Theatrical Company, the late Charles...
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Political Theory and ArchitectureWhat can political theory teach us about architecture, and what can it learn from paying closer attention to architecture? The essays assembled in this volume begin from a common postulate: that architecture is not merely a backdrop to political life but a political force...
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On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Unpublished and Selected WritingsFeaturing long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig's unpublished writings, from before and after Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, an original collection illuminating the central theme of Pirsig's thought: "Quality""The ultimate goal in the pursuit of excellence is enlightenment." --Robert M. Pirsig, 1962More...
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Atmospheric Architectures: The Aesthetics of Felt SpacesThere is fast-growing awareness of the role atmospheres play in architecture. Of equal interest to contemporary architectural practice as it is to aesthetic theory, this 'atmospheric turn' owes much to the work of the German philosopher Gernot B hme. Atmospheric Architectures: The Aesthetics of...
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All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of ExcessA glorious call to throw off restraint and balance in favor of excess, abandon, and disproportion, in essays ranging from such topics as mindfulness, decluttering, David Cronenberg, and consent.In her debut essay collection, "brilliant and stylish" (The Washington Post) critic Becca Rothfeld takes on...
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The Politics of AestheticsThe Politics of Aesthetics rethinks the relationship between art and politics, reclaiming "aesthetics" from the narrow confines it is often reduced to. Jacques Rancière reveals its intrinsic link to politics by analysing what they both have in common: the delimitation of the visible and...
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Beautiful Ugliness: Christianity, Modernity, and the ArtsThis book probes the intersection of the beautiful and the ugly, offering a systematic framework to understand, interpret, and evaluate how ugliness can contribute to beautiful art.Many great artworks include elements of ugliness: repugnant content, disproportionate forms, unresolved dissonance, and unintegrated parts. Mark William...
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MagazineObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. For a century, magazines were the authors of culture and taste, of intelligence and policy - until they were overthrown by the voices of the public themselves...
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