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082			_a111.85 ROU 2nd ed.
100			_a"Gaut, Berys (ed.);Lopes, Dominic McIver (ed.)"
245		0	_aRoutledge companion to aesthetics / edited by Berys Gaut and Dominic Mclver Lopes
260			_aLondon
260			_bRoutledge
260			_c2005
300			_a705p.
365			_dPND
520			_ahe second edition of the acclaimed Routledge Companion to Aesthetics contains fifty-four chapters written by leading international scholars covering all aspects of aesthetics. This companion opens with an historical overview of aesthetics including entries on Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sibley and Derrida. The second part covers the central concepts and theories needed for a comprehensive understanding of aesthetics including the definitions of art, taste, value of art, beauty, imagination, fiction, narrative, metaphor and pictorial representation. Part three is devoted to the topics that have attracted much contemporary interest in aesthetics including art and ethics, environmental aesthetics and feminist aesthetics. The final part addresses the individual arts of music, photography, film, literature, theatre, dance, architecture and sculpture. With nine new and revised entries, and up to date suggestions for further reading, The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics is essential for anyone interested in aesthetics, art, literature, and visual studies.
650			_aAesthetics
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