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Philosophy: aesthetics

Hardback. Includes 90 documents, short essays, letters, statements and lectures, written by Rothko. This book includes annotation and a chronology of the artist's life and work. It presents a compilation of both published and unpublished writings from 1934-69, telling the importance of writing for an artist who many believed had renounced the written word. Editor(s): Lopez-Remiro, Miguel. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AGB; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300114409
ISBN
9780300114409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.99

Paperback. Explores the connections between cognitive science, language, and meaning that first begun in the classic "Metaphors We Live By". This work concludes that the arts are the culmination of human attempts to find meaning and that studying the aesthetic dimensions of our experience is crucial to unlocking meaning's bodily sources. Num Pages: 276 pages, 2 colour plates, 1 halftone, 2 line drawings, 4 figures, 6 musical examples. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226401935
ISBN
9780226401935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.76

Paperback. Considers the intellectual renaissance at the close of the 17th century that caused the shift in the portrayals and perceptions of mountains in prose and poetry, from ugly protuberances to glorious heights. Examines various writers from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, and traces both the causes Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780295975771
ISBN
9780295975771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCD; JFD; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501329258
ISBN
9781501329258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Hardcover. Why did the history of art come into being? Is it now in danger of slipping into obsolescence? And, if so, should we care? This book proposes that we might reframe the questions concerning art history by asking what kind of writing might help the discipline to better imagine its actual practices - and its potential futures. Num Pages: 296 pages, 30 halftones, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: AC; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226388250
ISBN
9780226388250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.86
€ 88.84

Paperback. Why did the history of art come into being? Is it now in danger of slipping into obsolescence? And, if so, should we care? This book proposes that we might reframe the questions concerning art history by asking what kind of writing might help the discipline to better imagine its actual practices - and its potential futures. Num Pages: 296 pages, 30 halftones, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: AC; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226388267
ISBN
9780226388267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.64

Paperback. Margaret Boden presents a series of essays in which she explores the nature of creativity in a wide range of art forms. Creativity is the generation of novel, surprising, and valuable ideas. Boden identifies three forms of creativity (combinational, exploratory, and transformational) each eliciting a different form of surprise. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPM; HPN; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199659395
ISBN
9780199659395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 47.89

Paperback. This book suggests that modern cultural and critical institutions have persistently associated questions of aesthetics and politics with literature, theory, technics, and Romanticism. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747509
ISBN
9780804747509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. A new introduction to the ideas of a thinker who greatly influenced the 1960s protest movements. Part of the 'Modern European Thinkers' series. Series: Modern European Thinkers. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 black & white images. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745330389
ISBN
9780745330389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.11

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472529404
ISBN
9781472529404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.92

Paperback. The universe is expanding, the world has gone global, and the US has launched a crusade to export the universal right to democracy to every part of the world. This book examines how contemporary works of art in different media and genres influence, shape, or confront the political realm in both theory and practice by way of the universal. Editor(s): Baggesgaard, Mads Anders; Ladegaard, Jakob. Num Pages: 365 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779345553
ISBN
9788779345553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.11

paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 152 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCD; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Condition
New
SKU
9781501307324
ISBN
9781501307324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.67

Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144803
ISBN
9780231144803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.04
€ 82.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC; HPM; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195324785
ISBN
9780195324785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 92.15

hardcover. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 336 pages, 44 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231168328
ISBN
9780231168328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.57

Paperback. Editor(s): Constable, Liz; Denisoff, Dennis; Potolsky, Matthew. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216783
ISBN
9780812216783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. In this book the author takes the concept of the New as a starting point to open the way to a broader reflection on art production within neoliberal capitalism. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: AC; AN; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 147. .
Publisher
Verlag Barbara Budrich
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783863887377
ISBN
9783863887377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.65

Hardback. .
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781683930280
ISBN
9781683930280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.50

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

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Hardback. Challenges what we understand by modernist aesthetics, their origins, and their implications for how we conceive our relation to the modern world Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823245321
ISBN
9780823245321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.18

hardcover. Editor(s): Gillespie, Susan H. Translator(s): Gillespie, Susan H. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816656165
ISBN
9780816656165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.06

Paperback. What, exactly, is knowledge of music? And what does it tell us about humanistic knowledge in general? In this book, the author assesses musical scholarship in the aftermath of critical musicology and musical hermeneutics and in view of concerns with embodiment, affect, and performance. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC; DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288805
ISBN
9780520288805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardback. Governments throughout the world are policing and curbing excitement. From crusades against alcohol and bans on sexual deviance to ever more prohibitions on drugs, it seems that almost no avenue of stimulation is safe from the puritanical oversight of the state. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509506835
ISBN
9781509506835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 52.45

Paperback. Governments throughout the world are policing and curbing excitement. From crusades against alcohol and bans on sexual deviance to ever more prohibitions on drugs, it seems that almost no avenue of stimulation is safe from the puritanical oversight of the state. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509506842
ISBN
9781509506842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.46

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