Philosophies of Art and Beauty : : Introducing Aesthetics / / Hugh Bredin, Liberato Santoro-Brienza.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Bredin, Hugh,; Santoro-Brienza, Liberato,
• MitwirkendeR: Fallon, Brian,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

Philosophies of Art and Beauty is a thorough historical survey of philosophies of the arts. It provides descriptive analyses of the most significant and influential art forms which help to define European culture, past and present: literature, drama, music, architecture, sculpture and painting. They are considered in relation to theories of art, aesthetic theories and poetics, which have emerged from the human need to reflect upon the arts in order to discover their nature, value and social and cultural roles. Philosophies of Art and Beauty offers a history of European philosophical systems and aesthetic and poetic theories together with explanatory descriptions of the major Western arts, both in their current forms and as they have developed from their beginnings to the present.Key FeaturesHistorical survey of theories of the arts.*An examination of how these theories relate to the history of philosophy in general*In-depth examinations of individual art forms*Descriptions of how the arts have developed over the centuries and in the present

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction and Definitions -- From Altamira to Athens: The Ancient World -- From Byzantium to Chartres: The Middle Ages -- From the Renaissance to Idealism: The Modern Era -- From Hegel to Semiotics: Art and Crisis -- The Arts -- The Art of Literature -- The Dramatic Arts -- Music -- The Visual and Plastic Arts -- Bibliography -- Index