Ideas about art /

• Main Author: Desmond, Kathleen Kadon
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Subjects: Art > Philosophy.; Aesthetics.; Fine Arts.; ART > General.; Electronic books.

"Ideas About Art is an intelligent, accessible introductory text for students interested in learning how to think about aesthetics. It uses stories drawn from the experiences of individuals involved in the arts as a means of exposing readers to the philosophies, theories, and arguments that sha...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter
• Public Opinion/Public Art
• Non-Western Ideas about What Art Is
• Western Ideas about What Art Is
• Beauty
• Expression and Aesthetic Experience
• Art and Ethics
• Political Art, Censorship, and Pornography
• Art and Economics
• Feminist Art, Aesthetics, and Art Criticism
• Postmodernist Art and Attitudes
• Photography and New Media
• (Re)Discovering Design
• Art and Aesthetic Education
• Artists, Art Critics, Art Historians, Curators, Museums, and Viewers
• Bibliography
• Illustration Credits
• Index.
• Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements.
• List of Illustrations.
• Preface.
• 1. Public Opinion/Public Art.
• 2. Non-Western Ideas.
• 3. Western Ideas.
• 4. Beauty.
• 5. Expression & Aesthetic Experience.
• 6. Art & Ethics.
• 7. Political Art, Censorship & Pornography.
• 8. Art & Economics.
• 9. Feminist Art, Aesthetics & Art Criticism.
• 10. Postmodern Art & Attitudes.
• 11. Photography & New Media.
• 12. (Re)Discovering Design.
• 13. Art & Aesthetic Education.
• 14. Artists, Art Critics, Art Historians, Curators, Museums & Viewers.
• References.
• Index.