Aesthetic value
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Aesthetic value
（Focus series）
Westview Press, 1995
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 187-190
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780813320182
Description
At the heart of aesthetics lie fundamental questions about how we apply value to art and the notion of objectivity in such valuation. Any theory of aesthetic value must explain how the properties of the artworks themselves contribute to the values derived from contemplating and appreciating them. This concise survey, intended particularly for advanced undergraduate students, focuses on this central question of aesthetic value, using many examples from painting, music and literature. Arguing for a non-realist view of aesthetic value, the author sets out to show that the personal element can never be left out of evaluative aesthetic judgements.
Table of Contents
- Evaluative aesthetic properties
- base properties
- interpretation and history
- evaluation.
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: pbk ISBN 9780813320199
Description
At the heart of aesthetics lie fundamental questions about value in art and the objectivity of aesthetic valuation. A theory of aesthetic value must explain how the properties of artworks contribute to the values derived from contemplating and appreciating works of art. When someone passes judgment on a work of art, just what is it that is happening, and how can such judgments be criticized and defended?In this concise survey, intended for advanced undergraduate students of aesthetics, Alan Goldman focuses on the question of aesthetic value, using many practical examples from painting, music, and literature to make his case. Although he treats a wide variety of views, he argues for a nonrealist view of aesthetic value, showing that the personal element can never be factored out of evaluative aesthetic judgments and explaining why this is so. At the same time, he argues for certain common effects of highly esteemed artworks.Along the way Goldman considers such key topics as interpretation, representation, expression, and taste. His text will be a valuable contribution to the teaching of aesthetics as well as to the understanding of these topics on the part of students and scholars in philosophy and the arts.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Evaluative Aesthetic Properties 3. Base Properties 4. Interpretation and History 5. Evaluation
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