Explanation and value in the arts / edited by Salim Kemal and Ivan Gaskell.

Other author Kemal, Salim.
Other author Gaskell, Ivan.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Descriptionix, 245 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesCambridge studies in philosophy and the arts
Cambridge studies in philosophy and the arts. ^A282562
Contents Interests, values, and explanations -- Fiction and reality in painting -- Franz Kafka : the necessity for a philosophical interpretation of his work -- On relocating ethical criticism -- Explanation and value : what makes the visual arts of different, so appealing? -- Is art history? -- Objectivity and valuation in contemporary art history -- Fullness and parsimony -- Principles of a sociology of cultural works -- Althusser and ideological criticism of the arts -- Film, rhetoric, and ideology.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 93173150
ISBN0521419263