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- catalog abstract ""James Manns presents a readable and entertaining examination of the most serious questions posed by the arts and our relation to them. In a clear and engaging fashion, he explores the central issues in aesthetics: aesthetic judgment, the nature and role of criticism, the elusiveness of the concept of art, and communication through art, and he critically (but sympathetically) considers that principal theories of art that focus on expression, form, and representation."--BOOK JACKET. "Through the use of extensive, entertaining, and current examples (including film), Manns conveys the solid basics relating to the history and development of aesthetic theories, tries out these various theories against the art of the last half century, then outlines his own view revolving around the artist's intention and the act of communication."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10668524.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""James Manns presents a readable and entertaining examination of the most serious questions posed by the arts and our relation to them. In a clear and engaging fashion, he explores the central issues in aesthetics: aesthetic judgment, the nature and role of criticism, the elusiveness of the concept of art, and communication through art, and he critically (but sympathetically) considers that principal theories of art that focus on expression, form, and representation."--BOOK JACKET. "Through the use of extensive, entertaining, and current examples (including film), Manns conveys the solid basics relating to the history and development of aesthetic theories, tries out these various theories against the art of the last half century, then outlines his own view revolving around the artist's intention and the act of communication."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-184) and index.".
- catalog description "The "elusiveness" of art: questions of definition and delimitation -- Theories of art: representation -- Form -- Expression -- Intentions, intentionality, and artistic communication -- Universality, objectivity, and the claim of taste.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 190 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Aesthetics.".
- catalog identifier "1563249537 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "1563249545 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Aesthetics.".
- catalog isPartOf "Explorations in philosophy".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe,".
- catalog relation "Aesthetics.".
- catalog subject "111/.85 21".
- catalog subject "Aesthetics.".
- catalog subject "BH39 .M385 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "The "elusiveness" of art: questions of definition and delimitation -- Theories of art: representation -- Form -- Expression -- Intentions, intentionality, and artistic communication -- Universality, objectivity, and the claim of taste.".
- catalog title "Aesthetics / James W. Manns.".
- catalog type "text".