Ensayo imprescindible para conocer los inicios de la estética moderna, el tratado de Edmund Burke (1729-1797) sobre lo sublime y lo bello es digno heredero de una tradición retórica que se remonta a Longino, de la filosofía empirista anglosajona y de las teorías del gusto neoclásicas e ilustradas.
Obra fundamental para el desarrollo y la comprensión de la estética a partir de su redescubrimiento en la edad moderna, "Acerca de lo sublime" es un tratado en el que Longino analiza el concepto de lo "sublime", en el que posteriormente profundizarían Boileau, Burke, la Ilustración alemana y el Romanticismo.
La publicación en Occidente de Elogio de la sombra (1933) (uno de los ensayos de estética más sugerentes y sutiles del siglo XX, en el que Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) devana con sabiduría y sutileza la importancia de este elemento en las artes y en el sentido estético de Japón, en el cual es indisoluble de la belleza) abrió un fértil campo de reflexión hasta entonces inadvertido, habiéndose convertido hoy en un clásico de referencia.
The roots and evolution of two concepts usually thought to be Western in origin-musica mundana (the music of the spheres) and musica humana (music's relation to the human soul)-are explored.
Ever since the eighteenth century, when Kant opened the floodgates of subjectivism in aesthetics, common men and philosophers alike have despaired of finding a basis for judgments about beauty.
A candid look at the methodology behind Descorchados: since 1998, blind tasting has been central to separating genuine quality from the charm of the moment.
Descorchados es una guia de vinos, pero tambien nos gusta pensar que es un viaje que nos lleva cada ano - desde 1999- por el vino chileno de norte a sur; desde las laderas de Los Andes hasta las costas del Pacifico.
Una mirada a las fronteras menos exploradas del vino sudamericano: los climas tropicales de Brasil, la consolidacion de Bolivia, el albarino que encontro su hogar en Uruguay, y los nuevos proyectos que emergen en Peru.
Descorchados Argentina 2026 nos lleva este ano a un doble descubrimiento: Cordoba, con sus paisajes y vinos tan distintos a los desiertos del norte y de Mendoza, y una nueva mirada sobre los clasicos.
Nuestra contemporaneidad (modelada por la técnica) se esfuerza denodadamente por estorbar la comparecencia del acaso en sus múltiples formas, la del azar, la de la ambigüedad o la del error; un intento inevitablemente condenado al fracaso.
A beautifully illustrated history of the many inventive, poetic, and alluring ways in which color swatches have been selected and stagedThe need to categorize and communicate color has mobilized practitioners and scholars for centuries.
When Oscar Wilde said he had "e;seen wallpaper which must lead a boy brought up under its influence to a life of crime,"e; his joke played on an idea that has often been taken quite seriously--both in Wilde's day and in our own.
Not 2, Not 1, Not Distant is a philosophical exploration presented through a series of dialogues that interrogate the most basic assumptions about reality.
A landmark account of how artistic expression arises from the collective unconsciousThis book brings together four essays by analytical psychologist Erich Neumann, who explores the connections between creativity and the unconscious mind.
A landmark account of how artistic expression arises from the collective unconsciousThis book brings together four essays by analytical psychologist Erich Neumann, who explores the connections between creativity and the unconscious mind.
Tracing the influence and impact of Plato's Timaeusand its major themes, creation and beautythrough the centuriesMore than two thousand years after it was written, Plato's Timaeus continues to fascinate and intrigue its readers.
Tracing the influence and impact of Plato's Timaeusand its major themes, creation and beautythrough the centuriesMore than two thousand years after it was written, Plato's Timaeus continues to fascinate and intrigue its readers.
The story of the color black in art, fashion, and culturefrom the beginning of history to the twenty-first centuryBlackfavorite color of priests and penitents, artists and ascetics, fashion designers and fascistshas always stood for powerfully opposed ideas: authority and humility, sin and holiness, rebellion and conformity, wealth and poverty, good and bad.
This is a sweeping and provocative work of aesthetic theory: a trenchant critique of the philosophy of art as it developed from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century, combined with a carefully reasoned plea for a new and more flexible approach to art.
This is a sweeping and provocative work of aesthetic theory: a trenchant critique of the philosophy of art as it developed from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century, combined with a carefully reasoned plea for a new and more flexible approach to art.
The story of the color black in art, fashion, and culturefrom the beginning of history to the twenty-first centuryBlackfavorite color of priests and penitents, artists and ascetics, fashion designers and fascistshas always stood for powerfully opposed ideas: authority and humility, sin and holiness, rebellion and conformity, wealth and poverty, good and bad.
Espíritu de la letra, de José Ortega y Gasset, pensador fundacional de la modernidad española, reúne sus mejores reseñas y ensayos literarios, donde demuestra que la crítica literaria es, ante todo, un ejercicio de filosofía aplicada a la vida.
Humanity stands at a crossroads shaped by rapid technological change, environmental challenges, shifting social values, and profound questions about meaning and identity.
In den hier erstmals gesammelt vorliegenden Kritischen Schriften Elisabeth Lenks drückt sich ein Denken aus, das sich souverän und mit großer Selbstverständlichkeit zwischen Kritischer Theorie und surrealer Praxis bewegt und das sich in allem, worauf es seine Aufmerksamkeit richtet, um die Frage dreht, wie und warum ästhetisches Denken und politisches Engagement einander bedingen.
Amor: A Dialogue on Love and Wisdom is the first dialogue in a cycle of Christian Neoplatonic works centered on Lady Wisdom and the contemplative community gathered around her.
'Expertly crafted' AMELIA DIMOLDENBERG'A beautiful siren song to anyone who has ever felt ashamed of their own taste' SCARLETT CURTIS'An ode to both fearless critique and visceral fandom' BILLIE JD PORTERA deep dive into the joy and power of personal pleasures, quirks, obsessions and bad taste, from zine royalty, Ione Gamble.
La estetica, segun la mirada de Yuriko Saito, no puede reducirse a una filosofia del arte, sino que esta intimamente relacionada con nuestro dia a dia, con el cuidado de lo cotidiano, es decir, con la relacion que establecemos con lo otro, ya sean seres humanos, criaturas no humanas, entornos u objetos.
Derzeit findet ein kultureller Befreiungskampf statt: Junge Menschen wehren sich dagegen, dass ihr sexuelles Selbstverständnis verächtlich behandelt und unterdrückt wird.
Derzeit findet ein kultureller Befreiungskampf statt: Junge Menschen wehren sich dagegen, dass ihr sexuelles Selbstverständnis verächtlich behandelt und unterdrückt wird.
