Only a promise of happiness : the place of beauty in a world of art / Alexander Nehamas.
| Author/creator | Nehamas, Alexander, 1946- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2007. |
| Description | 186 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Plato or Schopenhauer? -- A feature of appearance? -- Modernist voices -- Modernist appropriations -- Criticism and value -- The role of reviewing -- Beauty, love, friendship -- Beauty, attractiveness, evolution -- Art, beauty, desire -- Beauty, community, universality -- Uniformity, style, distinction -- Aesthetics, directness, individuality -- Love and death in Venice -- Manet's Olympia -- Interpretation, breadth, depth -- Interpretation, beauty, goodness -- Beauty, uncertainty, happiness. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-167) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006021360 |
| ISBN | 9780691095219 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0691095213 (hardcover : alk. paper) |