Philosophy: aesthetics

This volume provides an extensive translation of the notes and fragments that survived Kant''s death in 1804.

An important study of Kant''s aesthetics, from a leading Kant scholar.

This book, first published in 2002, is a systematic overview of German aesthetics from 1750 to the present.

Esteve examines crowd representations in American literature from the antebellum era to the early twentieth century.

This 2002 volume offers translations of major works of classic and romantic German aesthetics.

Claims authorial intention, art history, and morality play a role in our encounter with art works.

David Ellison''s book is an investigation into the historical origins and textual practice of European literary Modernism.

This book offers an interpretation of the work of Theodor Adorno.

According to Greek mythology, Laocoon was a Trojan priest who, along with his two sons, offended the gods.

It is remarkably appropriate that this work on aesthetics should have been written by George Santayana, who is probably the most brilliant philosophic writer and the philosopher with the strongest sense of beauty since Plato.

Interpretation and Construction examines the interpretation and products of intentional human behavior, focusing primarily on issues in art, law, and everyday speech.

The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics is the most authoritative survey of the central issues in contemporary aesthetics available.

Now, for the first time, a philosopher undertakes a systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic issues to which cultural appropriation gives rise.

Psychoanalysis and the Image brings together an influential team of international scholars who demonstrate innovative ways to apply psychoanalytical resources in the study of international modern art and visual representation.

Why modern and contemporary artand art conservationcan't be understood without taking account of the revolutionary impact of plasticsModern and contemporary art wouldn't exist without the invention of plastics.

This Handbook of Visual Communication explores the key theoretical areas and research methods of visual communication.

This Handbook of Visual Communication explores the key theoretical areas and research methods of visual communication.

Inspired by the philosophy of Wittgenstein and his idea that the purpose of real philosophical thinking is not to discover something new, but to show in a strikingly different light what is already there, this book provides philosophical readings of a number of 'arthouse' and Hollywood films.

Inspired by the philosophy of Wittgenstein and his idea that the purpose of real philosophical thinking is not to discover something new, but to show in a strikingly different light what is already there, this book provides philosophical readings of a number of 'arthouse' and Hollywood films.

In this book, Michael J.

In this book, Michael J.

Originally published in 1996, Post-Marxist Marxism is a discussion of realism in a Post-Marxist context.

Originally published in 1996, Post-Marxist Marxism is a discussion of realism in a Post-Marxist context.

Postmodernism in the visual arts is not just another 'ism.

Postmodernism in the visual arts is not just another 'ism.

Is art created with computers really art?

Is art created with computers really art?

This book investigates the pictorial figurations, aesthetic styles and visual tactics through which visual art and popular culture attempt to appeal to "e;all of us"e;.

This book investigates the pictorial figurations, aesthetic styles and visual tactics through which visual art and popular culture attempt to appeal to "e;all of us"e;.

In this manifesto, the author takes a leap of faith.

In this manifesto, the author takes a leap of faith.

First published in 1927, this translation of Kulpe's 'Einleitung in die Philosophie', 1895, covered psychology, logic, ethics, esthetics and general philosophy.

First published in 1927, this translation of Kulpe's 'Einleitung in die Philosophie', 1895, covered psychology, logic, ethics, esthetics and general philosophy.

This volume addresses key questions related to how content in thought is derived from perceptual experience.

This volume addresses key questions related to how content in thought is derived from perceptual experience.

Sculpture has been a central aspect of almost every art culture, contemporary or historical.

Sculpture has been a central aspect of almost every art culture, contemporary or historical.

*Winner of the American Society for Aesthetics 2019 Outstanding Monograph Prize*Until now, research on art schools has been largely occupied with the facts of particular schools and teachers.

*Winner of the American Society for Aesthetics 2019 Outstanding Monograph Prize*Until now, research on art schools has been largely occupied with the facts of particular schools and teachers.

This book advances an enactivist theory of aesthetics through the study of inscrutable artworks that challenge us to think because we do not know what to think about them.

This book advances an enactivist theory of aesthetics through the study of inscrutable artworks that challenge us to think because we do not know what to think about them.

Originally published in 1998, Easels of Utopia presents a discussion of art's duration and contingency within the avant garde's aesthetic parameters, which throughout this century have constructed, influenced, and informed our definitions of modernity.

Originally published in 1998, Easels of Utopia presents a discussion of art's duration and contingency within the avant garde's aesthetic parameters, which throughout this century have constructed, influenced, and informed our definitions of modernity.

Widely acclaimed upon its release as a future classic, Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 is visually stunning, philosophically profound, and a provocative extension of the story in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.

Widely acclaimed upon its release as a future classic, Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 is visually stunning, philosophically profound, and a provocative extension of the story in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.

Focusing on the anthropological consequences of the disappearing of materiality and sensory embodiment, On Insignificance highlights some of the most perturbing patterns of insignificance that have seeped into our everyday lives.

Focusing on the anthropological consequences of the disappearing of materiality and sensory embodiment, On Insignificance highlights some of the most perturbing patterns of insignificance that have seeped into our everyday lives.

As the prototypical exemplar of modern visual technology, photography was once viewed as a way to enable vision to bypass imagination, producing more reliable representations of reality.

As the prototypical exemplar of modern visual technology, photography was once viewed as a way to enable vision to bypass imagination, producing more reliable representations of reality.

This work outlines a new methodology for film analysis based on the radical materialist thought of Baruch Spinoza, re-evaluating contemporary cognitive media theory and philosophical theories on the emotional and intellectual aspects of film experience.