Defining art, creating the canon : artistic value in an era of doubt / Paul Crowther.

Author/creator Crowther, Paul
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Description268 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-254) and index.
LCCN 2006038894
ISBN0199210683 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780199210688 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BH39 .C76 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold