Art in context [electronic resource] : understanding aesthetic value / David E.W. Fenner.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Athens : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, c2008.Description: xviii, 350 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 701/.17 22
LOC classification:
  • BH301.E8 F46 2008eb
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Contents:
A theory of "the aesthetic" -- The value of art -- Disinterest theory and formalist theory -- Contextualist theory -- Issues of definition -- Issues concerning the power of art -- Issues of meaningfulness -- Science and contextualist aesthetics -- A review of the arguments and evidence.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-343) and index.

A theory of "the aesthetic" -- The value of art -- Disinterest theory and formalist theory -- Contextualist theory -- Issues of definition -- Issues concerning the power of art -- Issues of meaningfulness -- Science and contextualist aesthetics -- A review of the arguments and evidence.

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