Explanation and value in the arts / edited by Salim Kemal and Ivan Gaskell.
| Other author | Kemal, Salim. |
| Other author | Gaskell, Ivan. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993. |
| Description | ix, 245 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cambridge 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 93173150 |
| ISBN | 0521419263 |