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Art in context understanding aesthetic value
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Title
Art in context [electronic resource] : understanding aesthetic value / David E.W. Fenner.
ISBN
9780804011044 (hc : alk. paper)
0804011044 (hc : alk. paper)
9780804011051 (pb : alk. paper)
0804011052 (pb : alk. paper)
Published
Athens : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, c2008.
Physical Description
xviii, 350 p. ; 22 cm.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 03, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-343) and index.
Contents
A theory of "the aesthetic"
The value of art
Disinterest theory and formalist theory
Contextualist theory
Issues of definition
Issues concerning the power of art
Issues of meaningfulness
Science and contextualist aesthetics
A review of the arguments and evidence.
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