Aesthetics

This book brings together philosophers, literary theorists, and art historians to argue for the philosophical significance of Michael Fried’s art history and criticism. Fried’s analyses of absorption and theatricality throw new light on problems in aesthetics, as well as questions surrounding authen..

_x000D_ Mulholland Drive in the Routledge Philosophers on Film series is the first full philosophical appraisal of Lynch's film. Essential reading for students studying philosophy, especially aesthetics and ethics, as well as film studies...

_x005F_x000D_ Mulholland Drive in the Routledge Philosophers on Film series is the first full philosophical appraisal of Lynch's film. Essential reading for students studying philosophy, especially aesthetics and ethics, as well as film studies...

In this volume, Nick Zangwill develops an argument for the nature of music and our experience of music that foregrounds its aesthetic properties. He focuses on metaphysical issues about aesthetic properties of music, psychological issues about the nature of musical experience, and philosophy of lang..

Nick Zangwill argues for the nature of music and our experience of music that foregrounds its aesthetic properties. He focuses on metaphysical issues about aesthetic properties of music, psychological issues about the nature of musical experience, and philosophy of language issues about the metaphor..

It has often been claimed that music derives some or all of its artistic value from the relation in which it stands to the emotions. This book presents and subjects to critical examination the chief theories about the relationship between the art of music and the emotions...

It has often been claimed that music derives some or all of its artistic value from the relation in which it stands to the emotions. This book presents and subjects to critical examination the chief theories about the relationship between the art of music and the emotions...

This title was first published in 2002. Challenging the accepted orthodoxy on Nietzsche's views on art, this book seeks both to challenge and to establish a new set of concerns as far as discourses on Nietzsche's thoughts on aesthetics are concerned...

Opinionated and example-filled, this extremely concise and accessible book provides a survey of some fundamental and longstanding debates about the nature of music. The central arguments and ideas of historical and contemporary philosophers are presented with the goal of making them as accessible as..

Opinionated and example-filled, this extremely concise and accessible book provides a survey of some fundamental and longstanding debates about the nature of music. The central arguments and ideas of historical and contemporary philosophers are presented with the goal of making them as accessible as..

In On Photography: A Philosophical Inquiry Diarmuid Costello examines the fascinating questions about the very nature of photography. Written in a clear and engaging style, it is essential reading for anyone interested in the philosophy of photography, aesthetics, art, and visual studies...

In On Photography: A Philosophical Inquiry Diarmuid Costello examines the fascinating questions about the very nature of photography. Written in a clear and engaging style, it is essential reading for anyone interested in the philosophy of photography, aesthetics, art, and visual studies...