{"product_id":"art-and-engagement-paperback-softback-9781566390842","title":"Art and Engagement (Paperback \/ softback) 9781566390842","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eArt and Engagement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eArnold Berleant (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781566390842\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 March 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e207 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 12.7 x 3.3 cm, 0.382 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"Berleant has written the primer for a new aesthetics.... Readers will be delighted by the hundreds of thoughtful and pertinent examples form neolithic to contemporary and from non-Western as well as Western sources.... [Y]ou cannot help but admire the breadth of research and intellectual courage required to bring such a big book to light.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eArt and Engagement\u003ci\u003e presents a forceful argument for the originality and power of aesthetic perception. Demolishing the conceptual barriers erected by limiting Western traditions, the book discloses the condition of engagement involved in our most effective aesthetic encounters and suggests a new direction for aesthetic inquiry.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Society for Aesthetics Newsletter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"[Berleant] brings his full repertoire of knowledge to bear on this most interesting of problems: just how, precisely, do we derive aesthetic reaction from confrontation with a work of art? ...This is a closely studied argument beginning with theoretical studies into the idea of 'engagement'...appropriate for those interested in its application to aesthetic inquiry.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArt Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52744956707096,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/art-and-engagement-paperback-softback-9781566390842","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}