Bibliograph

Uncontrollable beauty, toward a new aesthetics

Type

Label

Uncontrollable beauty, toward a new aesthetics

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Uncontrollable beauty

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Aesthetics today

Sub title

toward a new aesthetics

Summary

In this acclaimed art anthology, a prestigious group of artists, critics, and literati offer their incisive reflections on the questions of beauty, past, present, and future, and how it has become a domain of multiple perspectives. Here is Meyer Schapiro's skeptical argument on perfection . . . contributions from artists as profound as Louise Bourgeois and Agnes Martin . . . and reflections of critics, curators, and philosophers on the problems of beauty and relativism. Readers will find fascinating insights from such art theorists and critics as Dave Hickey, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Donald Kuspit, Carter Ratcliff, and dozens more

Target audience

adult

Classification