Aesthetics and the Environment: The Appreciation of Nature, Art and Architecture / Edition 1

by Allen Carlson

Overview

Traditional aesthetics is often associated with the appreciation of art, Allen Carlson shows how much of our aesthetic experience does not encompass art but nature. He argues that knowledge of what it is we are appreciating is essential to having an appropriate aesthetic experience and that scientific understanding of nature can enhance our appreciation of it, rather than denigrate it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415301053
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/26/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Allen Carlson

Table of Contents

List of illustrations, Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction: aesthetics and the environment, PART I The appreciation of nature, PART II Landscapes, art, and architecture, Index

Editorial Reviews

'I found much stimulating discussion in these pages. [Carlson] is a worthy opponent for those wedded to a more Kantian or historicist approach to natural beauty.' - British Journal of Aesthetics

'Philosophical aesthetics at its best.' - Canadian Aesthetics Journal

'I found much stimulating discussion in these pages. [Carlson] is a worthy opponent for those wedded to a more Kantian or historicist approach to natural beauty.' - British Journal of Aesthetics

'Philosophical aesthetics at its best.' - Canadian Aesthetics Journal

'Fascinating... this is an important body of work in contemporary aesthetics.' - British Journal of Aesthetics

'An excellent overview of analytical environmental aesthetics.' - Environmental Politics

'Ambitious and challenging... this book will certainly stimulate many aestheticians, and others as well.' - Philosophical Quarterly

'A richly textured, provocative set of texts that will undoubtedly be of great value to students.' - Philosophy in Review

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