Philosophy of the arts : an introduction to aesthetics /

Main Author: Graham, Gordon, 1949 July 15-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction; ART AND PLEASURE; Mill and pleasure; Kant and beauty; Gadamer and art as play; Art and sport; Summary; ART AND EMOTION; Croce and 'intuition'; Collingwood's expressivism; Expression versus expressiveness; Summary; ART AND UNDERSTANDING; Art and knowledge; Aesthetic cognitivism; Art as understanding; Imagination and experience; The objects of imagination; Art and the world; Understanding as a norm; Art and human nature; Summary; MUSIC AND MEANING; Music and pleasure; Music and emotion; Music as language.
  • Music and representationMusical vocabulary and musical grammar; Resume; The uniqueness of music; Music and beauty; Music as the exploration of sound; The implications of digital technology; Summary; FROM PAINTING TO FILM; What is representation?; Representation and artistic value; Art and the visual; Visual art and the non-visual; Film as art; Montage versus long shot; 'Talkies'; The auteur in film; Summary; POETRY AND PARAPHRASE; The unity of form and conten.