Defining art, creating the canon : artistic value in an era of doubt / Paul Crowther.
| Author/creator | Crowther, Paul |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. |
| Description | 268 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : normative aesthetics and artistic value -- Culture and artistic value -- Cultural exclusion and the definition of art -- Defining art, defending the canon, contesting culture -- The aesthetic and the artistic -- From beauty to art : developing Kant's aesthetics -- The scope and value of the artistic image -- Distinctive modes of imaging -- Twofoldness : pictorial art and the imagination -- Between language and perception : literary metaphor -- Musical meaning and value -- Eternalizing the moment : artistic projections of time -- Conclusion : the status and future of art. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-254) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006038894 |
| ISBN | 0199210683 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780199210688 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | BH39 .C76 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |