Arguing about art : contemporary philosophical debates /

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Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 479 pages ; 26 cmISBN:

0415237394
9780415237390

Subject(s):

Aesthetics, Modern

LOC classification:

BH201 .A74 2002

Contents:

Food as art / Elizabeth Telfer -- The meaning of taste and the taste of meaning / Carolyn Korsmeyer -- Authenticity in musical performance / Stephen Davies -- The concept of authentic performance / James O. Young -- What is wrong with a forgery? / Alfred Lessing -- Artistic crimes / Denis Dutton -- The decline of musical culture / Roger Scruton -- Music's worldly uses, or how I learned to stop worrying and to love Led Zeppelin / Theodore Gracyk -- Appreciation and the natural environment / Allen Carlson -- On being moved by nature: between religion and natural history -- Noël Carroll --Photography and representation / Roger Scruton -- Scruton and reasons for looking at photographs / William L. King -- Individual style in photographic art / Nigel Warburton -- How can we be moved by the fate of Anna Karenina? / Colin Radford -- Fiction and the emotions / Alex Neill -- Why horror? / Noël Carroll -- The paradox of horror / Berys Gaut -- Sentimentality / Anthony Savile -- The alleged unwholesomeness of sentimentality / Ira Newman -- Morals in fiction and fictional morality / Kendall L. Walton -- Morals in fiction and fictional morality-- a response / Michael Tanner -- Oppressive texts, resisting readers and the gendered spectator: the "new" aesthetics / Mary Devereaux -- Art, oppression, and the autonomy of aesthetics / Curtis Brown -- Transcript of a hearing to decide the future of Tilted Arc / various contributors -- What is public art?: time, place, and meaning / Hilde Hein -- Public art/public space: the spectacle of the Tilted Arc controversy / Gregg M. Horowitz -- Public art controversy: the Serra and Lin cases / Michael Kelly.

Summary: This acclaimed and accessible anthology is ideal for newcomers to aesthetics or philosophy. The authors introduce a wide range of discussions including sentimentality, feminism and aesthetics, appreciation, understanding and nature. Arguing about Art, 2nd Edition is an expanded and revised new edition of this highly acclaimed anthology. This lively collection presents twenty-seven readings in a clear and accessible format discussing the major themes and arguments in aesthetics. Alex Neill and Aaron Ridley's introductions provide a balanced account of each topic and highlight the important questions that are raised in the readings. The new sections of the book are: The Art of Food; Rock Music and Culture; Enjoying Horror; Art and Morality; and Public Art. In addition, many of the introductions have been updated and each section includes suggestions for further reading.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Whitecliffe Library General Shelves	General	BH 201 ARG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0007893
Book	Whitecliffe Library General Shelves	General	BH 201 ARG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0006693

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This acclaimed and accessible anthology is ideal for newcomers to aesthetics or philosophy. The authors introduce a wide range of discussions including sentimentality, feminism and aesthetics, appreciation, understanding and nature.

Arguing about Art, 2nd Edition is an expanded and revised new edition of this highly acclaimed anthology. This lively collection presents twenty-seven readings in a clear and accessible format discussing the major themes and arguments in aesthetics. Alex Neill and Aaron Ridley's introductions provide a balanced account of each topic and highlight the important questions that are raised in the readings. The new sections of the book are: The Art of Food; Rock Music and Culture; Enjoying Horror; Art and Morality; and Public Art. In addition, many of the introductions have been updated and each section includes suggestions for further reading.