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Hardcover. This book provides a corrective to existing scholarship on eccentric artists by reconsidering the sudden and dramatic emergence of aesthetic strangeness during the mid Edo period. It explains how through the period, eccentricity and madness developed and Num Pages: 267 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824836665
- ISBN
- 9780824836665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.88
€ 59.88
Paperback. The Aesthetics of Natural Environments is a collection of essays investigating philosophical and aesthetics issues that arise in our appreciation of natural environments. The introduction gives an historical and conceptual overview of the rapidly developing field of study known as environmental aesthetics. Editor(s): Carlson, Allen; Berleant, Arnold. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551114705
- ISBN
- 9781551114705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.57€ 54.59
€ 70.57
€ 54.59
Paperback. What is music, what is its value, and what does it mean? In this exciting book, the philosopher Roger Scruton explores the nature and meaning of music from first principles and gives a fascinating analysis of musical organization, together with a provocative account of contemporary civilization and its discontents. Num Pages: 560 pages, music examples. BIC Classification: AVA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Number of pages
- 552
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198167273
- ISBN
- 9780198167273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Paperback. Mimesis is one of the oldest, most fundamental concepts in Western aesthetics. This book offers a searching treatment of its long history at the center of theories of representational art. Moving between ancient and modern traditions, it contends that the history of mimesis hinges on problems that are of concern for contemporary aesthetics. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691092584
- ISBN
- 9780691092584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.84
€ 89.84
This book examines how a group of young far-right intellectuals in the 1930s reimagined the French nation through the lens of gender and race, connecting both antisemitism and colonial racism in order to define the "new French man." Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 916. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804774574
- ISBN
- 9780804774574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.67
€ 88.67
Paperback. This imaginative new collection explores the aesthetic qualities of human relationships, sports, taste, smell, food, and natural and built environments. With essays from philosophers working in a variety of traditions in the humanities and social sciences, this collection offers an important contribution to and expansion of traditional aesthetics. Editor(s): Light, Andrew; Smith, Jonathan. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342. 248 pages. Editor(s): Light, Andrew; Smith, Jonathan. This imaginative new collection explores the aesthetic qualities of human relationships, sports, taste, smell, food, and natural and built environments. With essays from philosophers working in a variety of traditions in the humanities and social sciences, this collection offers an important contribution to and expansion of traditional aesthetics. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPN. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135030
- ISBN
- 9780231135030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.29
€ 47.29
Paperback. Environmental aesthetics explores the meaning and influence of environmental perception and experience on human life. Arguing for the idea that environment is fully integrated and continuous with us, this book explores the aesthetic dimensions of the human-environment continuum in both theoretical terms and concrete situations. Num Pages: 315 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566393348
- ISBN
- 9781566393348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.87
€ 46.99
€ 42.87
Paperback. Virilio introduces his understanding of "picnolepsy" -- the epileptic state of consciousness produced by speed. Translator(s): Beitchman, Phil. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- new edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584350743
- ISBN
- 9781584350743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.58
€ 16.99
€ 14.58
hardcover. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739112588
- ISBN
- 9780739112588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.69
€ 139.69
Hardback. Examines why the use of Freudian concepts for the interpretation of literary and artistic works plays such an important role in demonstrating the contemporary relevance of psychoanalytic concepts. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 191 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646435
- ISBN
- 9780745646435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.47
€ 64.47
Hardback. Celebrating Eliot Deutsch's project promoting understanding of Asian philosophical ideas among Westerners, these essays discuss and comment on his ideas. Topics covered in the essays include mysticism, aesthetics and truth. Also included are Deutch's own replies to the essays. Editor(s): Ames, Roger T. Series: Critics & Their Critics. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPDF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812694055
- ISBN
- 9780812694055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.59
€ 42.99
€ 35.59
Paperback. Ross argues that the thinking of Heidegger, Lacoue-Labarthe, and Nancy must be understood as ways of addressing the problem of presentation as framed by and inherited from Kant's Critique of Judgment. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754880
- ISBN
- 9780804754880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.93
€ 39.93
Hardback. Ross argues that the thinking of Heidegger, Lacoue-Labarthe, and Nancy must be understood as ways of addressing the problem of presentation as framed by and inherited from Kant's Critique of Judgment. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754873
- ISBN
- 9780804754873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.30
€ 139.30
Paperback. The Aesthetic Mind breaks new ground in bringing together empirical sciences and philosophy to enhance our understanding of art and the aesthetic. An eminent international team of experts explores the roles of emotion, imagination, empathy, and beauty in this realm of human experience, discussing visual and literary art, music, and dance. Editor(s): Schellekens, Elisabeth; Goldie, Peter. Num Pages: 470 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: ABA; HP; HPN; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 25. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198705925
- ISBN
- 9780198705925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.92
€ 74.92
Hardcover. In this wide-ranging book, renowned philosopher and cultural theorist Peter Sloterdijk examines art in all its rich and varied forms: from music to architecture, light to movement, and design to typography. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745699868
- ISBN
- 9780745699868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.45
€ 71.45
Paperback. In this wide-ranging book, renowned philosopher and cultural theorist Peter Sloterdijk examines art in all its rich and varied forms: from music to architecture, light to movement, and design to typography. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745699875
- ISBN
- 9780745699875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.59
€ 30.99
€ 29.59
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801439704
- ISBN
- 9780801439704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.68
€ 80.68
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807015193
- ISBN
- 9780807015193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.83
€ 25.99
€ 19.83
Paperback. This book offers an overview and critique of the conventions surrounding artistic creativity and intellectual endeavor which began with the decline of feudalism in the church. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 half-tones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804728430
- ISBN
- 9780804728430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.72
€ 53.72
Hardback. This text offers an overview and critique of the conventions surrounding artistic creativity and intellectual endeavor which began with the decline of feudalism in the church. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 half-tones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 577.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728423
- ISBN
- 9780804728423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.73
€ 175.73