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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2014
      March 2014
      ISBN:
      9781107300538
      9781107041691
      9781107614444
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107300538
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.72kg, 326 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.6kg, 322 Pages
      • Series:
      Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy
      Subjects:
      Art: General Interest, Philosophy: General Interest, Art, Philosophy
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    Series:
    Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy
    Subjects:
    Art: General Interest, Philosophy: General Interest, Art, Philosophy
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    An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art is a clear and compact survey of philosophical theories of the nature and value of art, including in its scope literature, painting, sculpture, music, dance, architecture, movies, conceptual art and performance art. This second edition incorporates significant new research on topics including pictorial depiction, musical expression, conceptual art, Hegel, and art and society. Drawing on classical and contemporary philosophy, literary theory and art criticism, Richard Eldridge explores the representational, formal and expressive dimensions of art. He argues that the aesthetic and semantic density of the work, in inviting imaginative exploration, makes works of art cognitively, morally and socially important. This importance is further elaborated in discussions of artistic beauty, originality, imagination and criticism. His accessible study will be invaluable to students of philosophy of art and aesthetics.

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