Nature, Artforms, and the World Around Us

An Introduction to the Regions of Aesthetic Experience
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-57089-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 287 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4955 g

This book provides a comprehensive view of the aesthetic realm, placing the various major artforms within the setting of nature and the built environment as they arise within the field of experience. Each chapter displays the regional ontology of the form considered: the comprehensive set of eidetic features that limn the space of the art. It draws upon artists' statements, writings of key figures in the history of philosophy--including Plato, Hegel, Dewey, and Heidegger—and writings from various commentators on art. This volume is unique in its systematic and phenomenological approach, and in how it addresses aesthetics writ large.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wood, Robert E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.  Introduction.- 2. Aesthetics of Nature.- 3. Domestic Landscaping.- 4.  On Architecture.- 5. On Sculpture.- 6. Painting.- 7.  On Music.- 8. On Literature.- 9. On Film.- 10.  The Aesthetics of Everyday Life.- 11. Epilogue: Kierkegaard on the Aesthetic Life.

Über Autor(innen)

Robert E. Wood is professor of philosophy at the University of Dallas, USA.