Aesthetics From Classical Greece To The Present (Studies In The Humanities: No. 13)

Aesthetics from Classical Greece to the Present (Studies in the Humanities: No. 13)

Seeks to bring present-day philosophy principles into the history of aesthetics Before the publication ofAesthetics from Classical Greece to the Present there were three histories of aesthetics in English-Bosanquet's pioneering work, the second part of Croce'sAesthetic in the Ainsle translation, and the comprehensive volume by Gilbert and Kuhn. While each of these is interesting in its own ways, and together they cover a good deal of ground, none of them is very new. Thus none could take advantage of recent work on many important philosophers and periods and bring into a consideration of the past the best concepts and principles that have been developed by present-day philosophy. InAesthetics from Classical Greece to the Present the author seeks to bring these principles to the forefront in exploring the history of aesthetics.Review?For those of us who want to know what philosophers have said about beauty and the arts, this book will be especially useful.? -Philosophical Review?Beardsley?s book accomplishes to perfection what the writer intended.?It illuminates an area of history from a certain perspective as was never done before. . . . The distinguishing feature of his book is a n excitement over everything I aesthetics that has to do with symbols, meanings, language, and modes of interpretation.?And this excitement has brought to light facets of the history f the subject never noticed before, or at least, not so clearly.? -Journal of Aesthetics and Art CriticismFrom the Back CoverAt once a treatise for professionals and a guide for newcomers to the subject, Aesthetics is ideal both as an introductory survey of the literature on theories of art and beauty from earliest times to the present and as a text for courses in the philosophy of art. The author examines all major aspects of Western aesthetic thought, and a third of the book focuses specifically on 19th-and-20th century aesthetic theory.