A Companion to Aesthetics
Author | : Stephen Davies |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 640 |
Release | : 2009-03-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 1444310429 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781444310429 |
Rating | : 4/5 (429 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Companion to Aesthetics written by Stephen Davies and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-30 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this extensively revised and updated edition, 168 alphabetically arranged articles provide comprehensive treatment of the main topics and writers in this area of aesthetics. Written by prominent scholars covering a wide-range of key topics in aesthetics and the philosophy of art Features revised and expanded entries from the first edition, as well as new chapters on recent developments in aesthetics and a larger number of essays on non-Western thought about art Unique to this edition are six overview essays on the history of aesthetics in the West from antiquity to modern times