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Table of Contents:

• History. The ancient (Greek and Roman) period ; The modern (18th- and 19th-century) period
• The analytic critique of the aesthetic. The analytic critique of aesthetic experience ; The problem of defining art ; The status of the work of art ; The analytic critique of the expression theory of art
• Continental and contemporary theory. Myths of modernism ; Art and postmodernity ; The critique of truth ; Cultural materialism ; The postmodern sublime.

Contributors:

Blocker, H. Gene

Jeffers, Jennifer M.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Aesthetics

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [338]-342) and index.

Physical Description:

xxi, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

BH39 .C6664 1999

ISBNs:

053452821X

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

98006704

OCLC Numbers:

38879157