Savoring Disgust - The Foul and the Fair in Aesthetics

Informationen zum Autor Carolyn Korsmeyer is Professor of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo. She is the author of numerous works in philosophy, especially aesthetics and philosophy of art, including Making Sense of Taste: Food and Philosophy (1999) and Gender and Aesthetics: An Introduction (2004). She is a past president of the American Society for Aesthetics. Klappentext Disgust is a strong aversion, yet paradoxically it can constitute an appreciative aesthetic response to works of art. Artistic disgust can be funny, profound, sorrowful, or gross. This book examines numerous examples of disgust as it is aroused by art and offers a set of explanations for its aesthetic appeal. Zusammenfassung Disgust is a strong aversion, yet paradoxically it can constitute an appreciative aesthetic response to works of art. Artistic disgust can be funny, profound, sorrowful, or gross. This book examines numerous examples of disgust as it is aroused by art and offers a set of explanations for its aesthetic appeal.

Product details

• Authors: Carolyn Korsmeyer, Korsmeyer Carolyn
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.03.2011
• EAN: 9780199756940
• ISBN: 978-0-19-975694-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 243 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Theory of art, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, ART / Criticism & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Philosophy: aesthetics, Material Culture