Music, Art, and Metaphysics

Informationen zum Autor Jerrold Levinson is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he has taught since 1976. Klappentext Previous ed.: Ithaca! N.Y.: Cornell University Press! 1990. Zusammenfassung This is a long-awaited reissue of Jerrold Levinson's 1990 book which gathers together the writings that made him a leading figure in contemporary aesthetics. These highly influential essays are essential reading for debates on the definition of art, the ontology of art, emotional response to art, expression in art, and the nature of art forms. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part One: Art and History 1: Defining Art Historically 2: Hybrid Art Forms 3: Refining Art Historically Part Two: Metaphysics of Art 4: What a Musical Work Is 5: Autographic and Allographic Art 6: Aesthetic Uniqueness 7: Aesthetic Supervenience 8: Titles 9: Artworks and the Future 10: What a Musical Work Is, Again Part Three: Musical Matters 11: The Concept of Music 12: Truth in Music 13: Music and Negative Emotion 14: Hope in The Hebrides 15: Evaluating Musical Performance

Product details

• Authors: Jerrold Levinson
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2011
• EAN: 9780199596621
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959662-1
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 227 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works