Art in context understanding aesthetic value / [electronic resource] :
David E.W. Fenner.
- Athens : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, c2008.
- xviii, 350 p.
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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