The aesthetics of wine [electronic resource] / Douglas Burnham and Ole Martin Skilleås.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New directions in aesthetics ; 13.Publication details: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.Description: ix, 227 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 394.1/3 23
LOC classification:
  • GT2885 .B87 2012eb
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1. Basic Concepts 2. Wine as an Object 3. Wine and Cognition 4. Aesthetic Attributes 5. Taste and Expertise 6. The Wineworld Bibliography.
Summary: "The Aesthetics of Wine shows that discussing wine within the framework of aesthetics both benefits our understanding of wine as a phenomenon, while also challenging some of the basic assumptions of the tradition of aesthetics. Analyzes the appreciation of wine as an aesthetic practice. Tackles prejudices against bodily senses, showing how they distort traditional aesthetic theory Represents the beginnings of a reformulation of general aesthetics"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1. Basic Concepts 2. Wine as an Object 3. Wine and Cognition 4. Aesthetic Attributes 5. Taste and Expertise 6. The Wineworld Bibliography.

"The Aesthetics of Wine shows that discussing wine within the framework of aesthetics both benefits our understanding of wine as a phenomenon, while also challenging some of the basic assumptions of the tradition of aesthetics. Analyzes the appreciation of wine as an aesthetic practice. Tackles prejudices against bodily senses, showing how they distort traditional aesthetic theory Represents the beginnings of a reformulation of general aesthetics"-- Provided by publisher.

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