Aesthetics
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Color Theory: A Critical IntroductionGiving an overview of the history of color theory from ancient and classical cultures to contemporary contexts, this book explores important critical principles and provides practical guidance on the use of color in art and design. Going beyond a simple recitation of what has...
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The Singular Objects of ArchitectureWhat is a singular object? An idea, a building, a color, a sentiment, a human being. Each in turn comes under scrutiny in this exhilarating dialogue between two of the most interesting thinkers working in philosophy and architecture today. From such singular objects, Jean...
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Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge Nudge, Think Think!From the 1970s cult TV show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, to the current hit musical Spamalot, the Monty Python comedy troupe has been at the center of popular culture and entertainment. The Pythons John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and...
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Tom Petty and Philosophy: We Need to KnowSeventeen curious, well-tuned writers (they're fans, too) turn their philosophical attention to Tom Petty in this intellectually rigorous and wildly fun 'little box set of big ideas'. In his hits, deep cuts, and videos they find complexity, ideas, and plenty of questions--plus some answers--about...
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After the End of Art: Contemporary Art and the Pale of History - Updated EditionThe classic and provocative account of how art changed irrevocably with pop art and why traditional aesthetics can't make sense of contemporary art A classic of art criticism and philosophy, After the End of Art continues to generate heated debate for its radical and...
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The Concept of the Animal and Modern Theories of ArtThis book examines the importance of the animal in modern art theory, using classic texts of modern aesthetics and texts written by modern artists to explore the influence of the human-animal relationship on nineteenth and twentieth century artists and art theorists. The book is...
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The Aesthetics of Kinship: Form and Family in the Long Eighteenth CenturyThe Aesthetics of Kinship intervenes critically into rigidified discourses about the emergence of the nuclear family and the corresponding interior subject in the eighteenth century. By focusing on kinship constellations instead of "family plots" in seminal literary works of the period, this book presents...
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The Things That Really Matter: Philosophical Conversations on the Cornerstones of LifeA comprehensive exploration of the most fundamental aspects of human life through accessible conversations with contemporary philosophers. While rooted in academic discourse, The Things That Really Matter comprehensively explores the most fundamental aspects of human life in approachable, non-technical language, adding fresh perspectives and...
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The Cultural Power of Personal Objects: Traditional Accounts and New PerspectivesThe Cultural Power of Personal Objects seeks to understand the value and efficacy of objects, places, and times that take on cultural power and reverence to such a degree that they are treated (whether metaphorically or actually) as "persons," or as objects with "personality"--they...
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Inner Vision: An Exploration of Art and the BrainWhat is it that makes a work of art appear to us as beautiful? How do external form and internal perception coalesce to create the distinctive aesthetic pleasures we look to find in the visual arts? In Inner Vision, one of the founders of...
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Art, Artists and GauguinWhy is the publication of these writings so important? What doesRookmaaker's legacy have to offer us in the new millennium?First, his books and essays stand as a monument to the importance ofrigorous Christian art-historical scholarship. For many years Professor ofArt History at the Free...
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Museums and Wealth: The Politics of Contemporary Art CollectionsA critical analysis of contemporary art collections and the value form, this book shows why the nonprofit system is unfit to administer our common collections, and offers solutions for diversity reform and redistributive restructuring. In the United States, institutions administered by the nonprofit system...
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The Philosophy of Susanne Langer: Embodied Meaning in Logic, Art and FeelingThis book is a comprehensive study of one of the most insightful and fertile but also most neglected philosophers of the twentieth century, Susanne Langer. Failure to recognise Langer's seminal philosophical sources has led to frequent misinterpretations and misunderstandings of her unique philosophical thought....
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DisparitiesThe concept of disparity has long been a topic of obsession and argument for philosophers but Slavoj Zizek would argue that what disparity and negativity could mean, might mean and should mean for us and our lives has never been more hotly debated. Disparities...
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The Palgrave Handbook of Image Studies1. Introduction: Between the Creation and Disintegration of Images; Kresimir Purgar.- 2. The Concept of the Image in the Old and New Testaments; Michael Shaw.- 3. Mimesis and Simulacrum in Aristotle and Plato; Nickolas Pappas.- 4. Iconoclastic Disputes in Byzantium; Konstantinos Giakoumis.- 5. Perspective,...
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The Poetics of AristotleAristotle's Poetics (c. 335 BC) is the earliest surviving work of Greek dramatic theory and first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory. In this text Aristotle offers an account of ποιητική, which refers to poetry and more literally "the poetic art," deriving...
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Thoughtful Images: Illustrating Philosophy Through ArtThoughtful Images demonstrates that there is a rich tradition of illustrations of philosophy that originated in Ancient Greece, spread throughout Europe, thrived in twentieth century America, and continues to this day. It is the first book to isolate this tradition and to explain its...
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Introducing Modernism: A Graphic GuideModernism is usually thought of as a shock wave of innovations hitting art, architecture, music, cinema and literature - the work of Picasso, Joyce, Schoenberg, movements like Futurism and Dada, the architecture of Le Corbusier, T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland and the avant-garde theatre of...
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CoffeeObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Coffee--it's the thing that gets us through, and over, and around. The thing--the beverage, the break, the ritual--we choose to slow ourselves down or speed ourselves up....
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Big Things: A Story for Older Siblings of C-Section BabiesBIG THINGS are happening at home, and it isn't just the new baby... There is one serious boo-boo on Mommy's belly!Help guide your children towards supporting mom's C-Section recovery while also adjusting to becoming an older sibling. You can help smooth out these BIG...
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