Philosophy: aesthetics
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Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Gary. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226765143
- ISBN
- 9780226765143
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€ 44.99€ 34.23
€ 44.99
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Paperback. What is revealed when we are nude or when we are presented with the image of someone who is nude? Is truth a type of nudity? Is it visible? Is it something that can be apprehended with the senses? What are the conditions under which truth may be revealed? What does the nude do? This book deals with these questions. Translator(s): O'Byrne, Anne E.; Anglemire, Carlie. Series: Critical Studies in Italian America (FUP). Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: AGHN; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 170.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
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- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256211
- ISBN
- 9780823256211
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€ 27.99€ 26.37
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Hardback. What is revealed when we are nude or when we are presented with the image of someone who is nude? Is truth a type of nudity? Is it visible? Is it something that can be apprehended with the senses? What are the conditions under which truth may be revealed? What does the nude do? This book deals with these questions. Translator(s): O'Byrne, Anne E. Series: Critical Studies in Italian America. Num Pages: 136 pages, 26 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AGHN; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 273.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
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- 1st Edition
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- New
- SKU
- V9780823256204
- ISBN
- 9780823256204
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€ 91.27
€ 91.27
Paperback. From Botticelli to birdsong, Mozart, and the Turner Prize, Roger Scruton explores what it means for something to be beautiful. This thought-provoking introduction to the philosophy of beauty draws conclusions that some may find controversial, but, as Scruton shows, help us to find greater sense of meaning in the beautiful objects around us. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 208 pages, Approximately 20 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 113 x 11. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199229758
- ISBN
- 9780199229758
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. The essays in this volume, indebted in great part to Jacques Maritain and to other Neo-Thomists, represent a contribution to an understanding of beauty and the arts within the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition. As such they constitute a different voice in present-day discussions on aesthetics. Editor(s): Ramos, Alice. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- American Maritain Association Washington, D.C.
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780966922622
- ISBN
- 9780966922622
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€ 32.89
€ 32.89
Hardback. Explores the history of bodily beautification Editor(s): Brand, Peg Zeglin. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 color illus., 64 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 749.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253006424
- ISBN
- 9780253006424
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€ 86.02
€ 86.02
Paperback. Explores the history of bodily beautification Editor(s): Brand, Peg Zeglin. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 color illus., 64 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253006493
- ISBN
- 9780253006493
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€ 30.99€ 27.51
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Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9. BIC Classification: HPN; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486258
- ISBN
- 9780801486258
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.08
€ 38.99
€ 35.08
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691603483
- ISBN
- 9780691603483
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Paperback. A lavishly illustrated collection that explores ideas of beauty in Africa and its diasporas, asking by and for whom concepts of beauty and aesthetics have developed. Editor(s): Nuttall, Sarah. Num Pages: 416 pages, 126 illustrations (incl. 112 in color). BIC Classification: HPN; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1088.
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- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339182
- ISBN
- 9780822339182
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
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Paperback. Explores the intersection of beauty and violence by examining university lectures and course materials on aesthetics along with riots, acts of domestic terrorism, and magic lantern exhibitions. This work suggests that the distance separating academic thinking and popular wisdom about social transformation is narrower than we generally suppose. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226096292
- ISBN
- 9780226096292
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Hardcover. Explores the intersection of beauty and violence by examining university lectures and course materials on aesthetics along with riots, acts of domestic terrorism, and magic lantern exhibitions. This work suggests that the distance separating academic thinking and popular wisdom about social transformation is narrower than we generally suppose. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 584.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226096285
- ISBN
- 9780226096285
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€ 94.65€ 78.49
€ 94.65
€ 78.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 19. BIC Classification: AVA; AVS; HPCF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484803
- ISBN
- 9780801484803
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€ 35.99€ 32.80
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Hardback. Following Martin Heidegger's interpretation of the history of philosophy, this book outlines the ontological conditions of aesthetics, paying particular attention to the works of W Kandinsky, which reaffirm the ontological implications of art. Editor(s): Zabala, Santiago. Translator(s): D'Isanto, Luca. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138505
- ISBN
- 9780231138505
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€ 80.45€ 61.86
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Hardback. Art's Undoing is about radical aestheticism, the term that best describes a recurring event in some of the most powerful and resonating texts of nineteenth-century British literature. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251117
- ISBN
- 9780823251117
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Condition: New
€ 108.12
€ 108.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Zabala, Santiago. Translator(s): D'Isanto, Luca. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts S. 216 pages. Editor(s): Zabala, Santiago. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPN. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 14. Weight: 348. Translator(s): D'Isanto, Luca.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138512
- ISBN
- 9780231138512
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.43
€ 26.99
€ 20.43
Paperback. This book portrays artistic truth as a process of imaginative disclosure. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521101240
- ISBN
- 9780521101240
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Condition: New
€ 53.56
€ 53.56
Hardcover. This volume presents new essays on art, mind, and narrative inspired by the work of the late Peter Goldie. Topics covered include the role of narrative thinking in our lives, the nature of our imaginative engagement with fiction, the emotions and their role in motivating action, and the nature of conceptual art. Editor(s): Dodd, Julian. Series: Mind Association Occasional Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPM; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198769736
- ISBN
- 9780198769736
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Condition: New
€ 121.45
€ 121.45
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879753979
- ISBN
- 9780879753979
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 38.64
€ 47.99
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Paperback. Art's Undoing is about radical aestheticism, the term that best describes a recurring event in some of the most powerful and resonating texts of nineteenth-century British literature. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251124
- ISBN
- 9780823251124
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. Explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, bringing together philosophy, art theory, and many examples. This work discusses blood, beauty, culture, money, sex, web sites, and research on the brain's role in perceiving art. It is suitable for the public, introductory students, and teachers in the arts. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 116 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192804631
- ISBN
- 9780192804631
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.82
€ 11.99
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Paperback / so. BIC Classification: AGR; HPN; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 5. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596380073
- ISBN
- 9781596380073
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Condition: New
€ 11.06
€ 11.06
Ever since Plato expelled the poets from his ideal state, the ethics of art has had to confront philosophy's denial of art's morality. In Art before the Law, Ruth Ronen proposes a new outlook on the ethics of art by arguing that art insists on this tradition of denial, affirming its singular ethics through negativity. Num Pages: 200 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HPN; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647886
- ISBN
- 9781442647886
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Condition: New
€ 60.10
€ 60.10
Paperback. * Elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts. * Offers a provocative view about the kinds of things that artworks are and how they are to be understood. * Reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and modern art. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405116671
- ISBN
- 9781405116671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.81
€ 50.81