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Product details
- ISBN 9780192853677
- Weight: 384g
- Dimensions: 120 x 173mm
- Publication Date: 07 Feb 2002
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In today's art world many strange, even shocking, things qualify as art. In this book, Cynthia Freeland explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, weaving together philosophy and art theory with many fascinating examples.
She discusses blood, beauty, culture, money, museums, sex, and politics, clarifying contemporary and historical accounts of the nature, function, and interpretation of the arts. Freeland also propels us into the future by surveying state-of-the-art web sites, along with cutting-edge research on the brain's role in perceiving art.
This clear, provocative book engages with the big debates surrounding our responses to art and should prove an invaluable introduction to anyone interested in thinking about art.
Cynthia A. Freeland is professor of philosophy at the University of Houston. She has published on topics in the philosophy of art and film, ancient Greek philosophy, and feminist theory. She is also author of The Naked and the Undead: Evil and the Appeal of Horror (1999) and co-editor of Philosophy and Film (1995).
