Autorentext

Arnold Berleant is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Long Island University and the author of Aesthetics of Environment (Temple).

Klappentext

Develops an alternative to the eighteenth-century aesthetic of disinterestedness. Centering on the notion of participatory engagement in the appreciation of art, this work explores its appearance in art and in aesthetic perception. It examines the ways in which art entices us into intimate participation in its workings.

Inhalt

Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Aesthetics and Experience 1. Experience and Theory in Aesthetics 2. The Unity of Aesthetic Experience Part II: Engagement in the Arts 3. The Viewer in the Landscape 4. Architecture as Environmental Design 5. The Reader's Word 6. Musical Generation 7. Dance as Performance Part III: Art and Reality 8. Cinematic Reality 9. The Realities of Art 10. Epilogue: Art and the End of Aesthetics Notes Index