Aesthetics

In A Philosophy of Computer Art Dominic Lopes argues that computer art challenges some of the basic tenets of traditional ways of thinking about and making art and that to understand computer art we need to place particular emphasis on terms such as ‘interactivity’ and ‘user’...

In A Philosophy of Computer Art Dominic Lopes argues that computer art challenges some of the basic tenets of traditional ways of thinking about and making art and that to understand computer art we need to place particular emphasis on terms such as ‘interactivity’ and ‘user’...

First published in 1990. How we perceive and respond to the visual image has been traditional concern of psychologists, philosophers and art historians. In A Transformational Theory of Aesthetics, Michael Stephan links the findings of a wide range of disciplines, including: semiotics, psychoanalysis..

In this monograph, Thomas Hilgers introduces and defends a new and sophisticated account of aesthetic disinterestedness.  Elaborating upon the work of Kant, Schopenhauer, Bullough and others, Hilgers claims that artworks have an aesthetic function, because they typically address our senses as well a..

This book re-examines the notion of aesthetic experience as well as its value. A team of internationally respected contributors bring together major voices that have directly theorised the concept of aesthetic experience or indirectly worked on topics connected to it...

First published in 1970. What is a work of art? What is the status of things in pictures and books? How are we to distinguish and ascertain the meaning of a literary work at various levels? This book is intended both to introduce the reader to classic philosophical accounts of art and beauty, and to..

This book focuses on a dimension of art which the philosophical tradition (from Plato to Hegel and even Adorno) has consistently overlooked, such was its commitment – explicit or implicit – to mimesis and the metaphysics of truth it presupposes. De Beistegui refers to this dimension, which unfolds o..

Aesthetics and Environment..

In this, the first book to look at aesthetics and human resource development, the existing and potential future connections of these areas are investigated. It is a timely and original piece of work: a valuable student reference._x005F_x000D_..

In this, the first book to look at aesthetics and human resource development, the existing and potential future connections of these areas are investigated. It is a timely and original piece of work: a valuable student reference._x000D_..

This book presents fresh and fascinating insights into our interpretation of the environment...

First published in 1949. This title provides an introduction into the subject of aesthetics, and the problems associated with it. Aesthetics is not strictly a criterion or rule for production or appreciation, and cannot directly alter our aesthetic experiences, but only helps us to understand them. ..