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The Art Experience: An Introduction to Philosophy and the Arts book cover

1st Edition

The Art Experience An Introduction to Philosophy and the Arts

By Alex Rajczi Copyright 2024
256 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The Art Experience: An Introduction to Philosophy and the Arts takes readers on an engaging and accessible journey that explores a series of fundamental questions about the nature of art and aesthetic value. The book’s 12 chapters explore three questions: What makes something a work of art? How should we experience art to get the most out of it? Once we understand art, how should we... Read more

Acknowledgements

Introduction

 

Part 1: Defining Art

1. Trying to Define Art

2. Functional Definitions of Art

3. Non-Functional Definitions of Art

4. The Possibility of Bias

5. Choosing a Definition

 

Part 2: Experiencing Art

6. Selecting Art to Spend Time On

7. The Aesthetic Attitude

8. Viewpoint in Visual Art

9. Interpretation

 

Part 3: Evaluating Art

10. Art and Knowledge

11. Art and Morality

12. Subjectivity and Objectivity

 

References

 

Index

Biography

Alex Rajczi teaches at Claremont McKenna College, where he is the Deborah and Kenneth Novack ’67 Professor of Ethics and Leadership and a George R. Roberts Fellow. He is the author of The Ethics of Universal Health Insurance (Oxford UP, 2019).

"The author has succeeded impressively in writing a book that will work well for newcomers to philosophy and the philosophy of art. The style is conversational, very clear, and approachable."

Mary Beth Willard, Weber State University, USA.

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