Introducing Aesthetics: A Graphic Guide
UK £6.99,Canada $12.50,USA $9.95,
UK Publication January 1970
ISBN 9781848311671
Paperback
Page Extent 176
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What is beauty, and what is truth? And what does aesthetics have to do with either?
Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy concerned with the whole nature of experience itself, explored through our perceptions, feelings and emotions. The study of aesthetics, along with its widespread application in philosophical, artistic and literary circles, gained currency in the eighteenth century at the dawn of the Romantic period. What was recognised then – that to act upon our true feelings means taking a step into the unknown – is what aesthetics is centrally concerned with now.
Aesthetics today is not only a scholarly discipline but also the means for developing a philosophy of life based upon emotion. Introducing Aesthetics is a lively and engaging tour through this vital field of inquiry, encompassing thinkers from Plato to the Postmodernists.
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Christopher Kul-Want is Course Director of the MA in Fine Art at Byam Shaw School of Art, London.See more books by: Christopher Kul-Want
Piero is an illustrator, artist and graphic designer whose work has twice been included in the Royal College of Art in London. He has illustrated many Introducing titles.
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