Functional Beauty

Zusatztext Functional Beauty is eminently readable, and the authors display a convincing mastery of the scientific literature from which they borrow... P & C have done much to advance the debate about aesthetic appreciation in all realms. Their book is a must-read for serious philosophers of art. Informationen zum Autor Glenn Parsons is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Ryerson University, Toronto.Allen Carlson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alberta. Klappentext Parsons and Carlson examine the relationship between function and aesthetic value. They develop the concept of Functional Beauty, drawing on work in the philosophy of science as well as aesthetics, and show its importance in diverse kinds of aesthetic appreciation - of buildings, nature, everyday objects, and events, as well as artworks. Zusammenfassung Parsons and Carlson examine the relationship between function and aesthetic value. They develop the concept of Functional Beauty, drawing on work in the philosophy of science as well as aesthetics, and show its importance in diverse kinds of aesthetic appreciation - of buildings, nature, everyday objects, and events, as well as artworks.

Product details

• Authors: Allen Carlson, Allen (University of Alberta) Carlson, Carlson Allen, Glenn Parsons, Glenn (Ryerson University Parsons, Glenn/ Carlson Parsons, Parsons Glenn
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2009
• EAN: 9780199205240
• ISBN: 978-0-19-920524-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Cultural Studies, Theory of art, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, ART / Criticism & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Philosophy: aesthetics