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Four Arts Of Photography - An Essay In Philosophy

by Dominic Mciver Lopes

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 Four Arts of Photography explores the history of photography through the lens of philosophy and proposes a new scholarly understanding of the art form for the 21st century. <ul> <li>Re-examines the history of art photography through four major photographic movements and with case studies of representative images</li> <li>Employs a top-down, theory to case approach, as well as a bottom-up, case to theory approach</li> <li>Advances a new theory regarding the nature of photography that is grounded in technology but doesn’t place it in opposition to painting</li> <li>Includes commentaries by two leading philosophers of photography, Diarmuid Costello and Cynthia A. Freeland</li> </ul>
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Possibility Of Culture - Pleasure And Moral Development In Kant''S Aesthetics

by Bradley Murray

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 The Possibility of Culture: Pleasure and Moral Development in Kant s Aesthetics presents an in-depth exploration and deconstruction of Kant s depiction of the ways in which aesthetic pursuits can promote personal moral development.
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The Possibility Of Culture - Pleasure And Moral Development In Kant'S Aesthetics

by Bradley Murray

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 The Possibility of Culture: Pleasure and Moral Development in Kant s Aesthetics presents an in-depth exploration and deconstruction of Kant s depiction of the ways in which aesthetic pursuits can promote personal moral development.
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The Art Of Comics - A Philosophical Approach

by Aaron (University Of Leeds) Meskin e Roy T. (University Of Minnesota - Twin Cities) Cook

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 The Art of Comics is the first-ever collection of essays published in English devoted to the philosophical topics raised by comics and graphic novels.
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Art Of Comics - A Philosophical Approach

by Aaron Meskin e Roy T. Cook

100,63€ + 10% CARD

 The Art of Comics is the first-ever collection of essays published in English devoted to the philosophical topics raised by comics and graphic novels.
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Once-Told Tales - An Essay In Literary Aesthetics

by Peter (Rutgers University, Usa) Kivy

34,44€ + 10% CARD

 Drawing comparisons with other art forms, this book examines the role of aesthetic features in silent reading, such as narrative structure, and the core experience of reading a novel as a story rather than a scholarly exercise.
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The Art Of Videogames

by Grant (Social Science, Parks, Recreation And Tourism Group, Lincoln University, New Zealand) Tavinor

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 Videogames aren't just for children anymore. In fact, their fictional worlds now inspire us to judgments of perceptual beauty, involve us in interpretation, and arouse our emotions. Reflecting the increasing technical and moral sophistication of the genre, The Art of Videogames presents a unique philosophical approach to the art of videogaming.
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The Art Of Comics - A Philosophical Approach

by Aaron (University Of Leeds) Meskin e Roy T. (University Of Minnesota - Twin Cities) Cook

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 The Art of Comics is the first-ever collection of essays published in English devoted to the philosophical topics raised by comics and graphic novels.
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Art Of Videogames

by Grant Tavinor

94,01€ + 10% CARD

 Videogames aren't just for children anymore. In fact, their fictional worlds now inspire us to judgments of perceptual beauty, involve us in interpretation, and arouse our emotions. Reflecting the increasing technical and moral sophistication of the genre, The Art of Videogames presents a unique philosophical approach to the art of videogaming.
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Comic Relief - A Comprehensive Philosophy Of Humor

by John Morreall

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 Develops an inclusive theory that integrates psychological, aesthetic, and ethical issues relating to humor. This book reveals how standard theories of humor fail to explain its true nature and actually support traditional prejudices against humor as being antisocial, irrational, and foolish.
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Art And Ethical Criticism

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 * Provides a timely and philosophically significant contribution to modern aesthetics * Features some of the best contemporary work in philosophical studies on literature, moral beliefs, and thinking in art * Reflects on the significance of a moral life of engagement with works of art .
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Mirrors To One Another - Emotion And Value In Jane Austen And David Hume

by E. M. Dadlez

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 Mirrors to One Another analyzes the convergence of Jane Austen's literary themes and characters with David Hume's views of morality and human nature. This engaging text emphasizes how the works of Austen and Hume complement each other in such a way that deepens the reader's understanding of both.
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Art As Performance

by Dave Davies

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 * Elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts. * Offers a provocative view about the kinds of things that artworks are and how they are to be understood. * Reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and modern art.
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Cultural Appropriation And The Arts

by James O. Young

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 Cultural appropriation is a pervasive feature of the contemporary world (the Parthenon Marbles remain in London; white musicians from Bix Beiderbeck to Eric Clapton have appropriated musical styles from African-American culture). This book investigates the moral and aesthetic issues to which cultural appropriation gives rise.
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Interpretation And Construction - Art, Speech, And The Law

by Robert Stecker

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 This work examines the interpretation and products of intentional human behaviour, focusing primarily on issues in art, law, and everyday speech. The centerpiece of the book is the examination of two large scale views about the nature of interpretation: historicism and constructivism.
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Art Of Theater

by James R. Hamilton

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 Argues for the recognition of theatrical performance as an art form independent of dramatic writing. This title identifies the elements that make a performance a work of art. It looks at the competing views of the text-performance relationships. It is a contribution to the aesthetics and philosophy of theater.
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Photography And Philosophy - Essays On The Pencil Of Nature

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 Offers a fresh approach to the philosophical aspects of photography. This anthology provides the essays that explore the ethical dimensions of photography. It explores the link between the art of photography and the theoretical questions it raises. It looks at some familiar issues - photographic truth, objectivity, and realism.
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Performance Of Reading - An Essay In The Philosophy Of Literature

by Peter Kivy

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 Argues that there are distinct analogies between 'silent' reading and artistic performance, and so fashions the fresh role of the reader as performer. This title discusses the history of reading and the transitions from reading aloud to reading silently, and the changing role of literature as communal, active experience to a more private endeavor.
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Art And Ethical Criticism

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 * Provides a timely and philosophically significant contribution to modern aesthetics * Features some of the best contemporary work in philosophical studies on literature, moral beliefs, and thinking in art * Reflects on the significance of a moral life of engagement with works of art .
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Interpretation And Construction - Art, Speech, And The Law

by Robert (Central Michigan University) Stecker

141,88€ + 10% CARD

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 This work examines the interpretation and products of intentional human behaviour, focusing primarily on issues in art, law, and everyday speech. The centerpiece of the book is the examination of two large scale views about the nature of interpretation: historicism and constructivism.
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Mirrors To One Another - Emotion And Value In Jane Austen And David Hume

by E. M. (College Of Liberal Arts, University Of Central Oklahoma, Usa) Dadlez

37,79€ + 10% CARD

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 Mirrors to One Another analyzes the convergence of Jane Austen's literary themes and characters with David Hume's views of morality and human nature. This engaging text emphasizes how the works of Austen and Hume complement each other in such a way that deepens the reader's understanding of both.
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Art As Performance

by Dave (Mcgill University, Canada) Davies

51,31€ + 10% CARD

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 * Elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts. * Offers a provocative view about the kinds of things that artworks are and how they are to be understood. * Reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and modern art.
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The Italian Renaissance, C. 1350-C. 1650 - The Virtues Of Doubt

by Edward Muir

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Four Arts Of Photography - An Essay In Philosophy

by Dominic Mciver (University Of British Columbia, Canada) Lopes

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 Four Arts of Photography explores the history of photography through the lens of philosophy and proposes a new scholarly understanding of the art form for the 21st century.
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