A Hunger for Aesthetics
Download or Read eBook A Hunger for Aesthetics PDF written by Michael Kelly and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Michael Kelly |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780231152921 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0231152922 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Hunger for Aesthetics by : Michael Kelly
Book excerpt: This title examines the motivations for the critiques that have been applied to the idea of aesthetics and argues that theorists and artists now hunger for a new kind of aesthetics, one better calibrated to contemporary art and its moral and political demands. The book shows how, for decades, aesthetic critiques have often concerned art's treatment of beauty or the autonomy of art. Collectively, these critiques have generated an anti-aesthetic stance that is now prevalent in the contemporary art world.
