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1	Beauty: The Invisible Embrace more books like this by John O'Donohue add to wishlist The author of "Anam Cara" describes, in his unique style, the role of beauty in readers' lives. Drawing from his own Celtic wisdom and the writings of Keats, Rilke, Thomas Aquinas, and others, John O'Donohue guides readers to attune to "that which shows us the surprise at the heart of everything." see all copies from $5.24! new only from $7.21! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers more books like this by Leonard Koren add to wishlist From the Introduction Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is a beauty of things modest and humble. It is a beauty of things unconventional. The immediate catalyst for this book was a widely publicized tea event in Japan. The Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi has long been associated with the tea ceremony, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.75! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Art as Experience more books like this by John Dewey add to wishlist Based on John Dewey's lectures on esthetics, delivered as the first William James Lecturer at Harvard in 1932, "Art as Experience" has grown to be considered internationally as the most distinguished work ever written by an American on the formal structure and characteristic effects of all the arts: architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and ... see all copies from $3.01! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Perceiving the Arts: An Introduction to the Humanities more books like this by Dennis J Sporre add to wishlist Buildings, pictures, sculptures, music, drama, literature, dances, and landscapes confront us at every turn and give our lives richness and diversity. Enjoying and getting the most from relationships with works of art depend on knowing what to see and hear in them. The more we understand about cathedrals, paintings, poems, and plays, the more ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.54! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy: How Music Captures Our Imagination more books like this by Robert Jourdain add to wishlist Jourdain examines the effects of music on listeners, and why and how it differs from words. He draws from science, psychology, music theory, and philosophy to present the forces at work when music works its magic. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	But is It Art?: An Introduction to Art Theory more books like this by Cynthia A Freeland add to wishlist In the art world at the beginning of the 21st century many strange, even shocking, things qualify as art. In this book, Cynthia Freeland explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, weaving together philosophy and art theory with many thought-provoking examples. She discusses blood, beauty, culture, money, museums, sex, and ... see all copies from $6.55! new only from $8.72! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Concerning the Spiritual in Art more books like this by Wassily Kandinsky add to wishlist Pioneering work by the great modernist painter, considered by many to be the father of abstract art and a leader in the movement to free art from traditional bonds. 12 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.28! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic more books like this by John Willett (Editor) add to wishlist This selection of Bertolt Brecht's critical writing charts the development of his thinking on theatre and aesthetics over four decades. The volume demonstrates how the theories of Epic Theatre and Alienation evolved, and contains notes and essays on the staging of The Threepenny Opera, Mahagonny, Mother Courage, Puntila, Galileo and many others of ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $7.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	In praise of shadows more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki add to wishlist This is an essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists. The text ranges over architecture, jade, food, toilets, and combines an acute sense of the use of space in buildings, as well as perfect descriptions of lacquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure. The essay forms a classic description of ... see all copies from $3.49! new only from $5.19! \| SVS
10	Home from Nowhere: Remaking Our Everyday World for the 21st Century more books like this by James Howard Kunstler add to wishlist In "Home from Nowhere", the author of the landmark book "Geography of Nowhere" not only shows that the original American dream--the desire for peaceful, pleasant places in which to work and live--still has a strong hold on our imaginations, but offers innovative, eminently practical ways to make that dream a reality. Photos & line drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Aristotle's Poetics more books like this by Aristotle add to wishlist This volume brings together the three most original and influential ancient Greek treatises on literature. Stephen Halliwell makes Aristotle's "Poetics" newly accessible with a reliable text and a translation that is both accurate and readable. His authoritative introduction traces the work's debt to earlier theorists,--especially Plato--and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past more books like this by John Lewis Gaddis add to wishlist What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft, as well as a ... see all copies from $7.22! new only from $9.59! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Notes on the Synthesis of Form more books like this by Christopher Alexander add to wishlist "These notes are about the process of design: the process of inventing things which display new physical order, organization, form, in response to function." This book, opening with these words, presents an entirely new theory of the process of design. In the first part of the book, Mr. Alexander discusses the process by which a form is adapted ... see all copies from $12.60! new only from $18.07!
14 view cover	Poetics more books like this by Aristotle add to wishlist In "The Poetics", Aristotle discusses the essential elements of poetry and drama, making the work one of the earliest examples of literary criticism. Acting as both literary theorist and critic, Aristotle examines the Greek epic poetry, tragedy, and comedy of his day, and concludes that poetry is both more philosophical and more important than ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Zen Guitar more books like this by Philip Toshio Sudo add to wishlist Offering a contemplative approach to playing the guitar, this book covers all levels of experience from professional musicians and amateur guitar players to uninitiated music lovers. The author offers his own experiences with music to show how to rediscover harmony and become open to Zen awareness. Through 58 lessons which provide a focus and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	What is philosophy? more books like this by Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari add to wishlist This treatise represents the culmination of Deleuze's lifelong work in philosophy. Philosophy for Deleuze and Guattari concerns itself not with the actual but with the virtual - a domain of problems and possibilities. The book begins by detailing Deleuze's and Guattari's conception of philosophy. It then develops their understanding of the ... see all copies from $9.85! new only from $12.25! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, & Human Evolution more books like this by Denis Dutton add to wishlist The Dinka have a connoisseur's appreciation of the patterns and colours of the markings on their cattle. The Japanese tea ceremony is regarded as a performance art. Some cultures produce carving but no drawing; others specialize in poetry. Yet despite the rich variety of artistic expression to be found across many cultures, we all share a deep ... see all copies from $15.20! new only from $18.11! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Geometry of Art and Life more books like this by Matila Ghyka add to wishlist This classic study probes the geometric interrelationships between art and life in discussions that range from Plato, Pythagoras, and Archimedes to modern architecture and art. Includes 80 plates and 64 figures. see all copies from $3.60! new only from $5.42! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture more books like this by Hal Foster (Editor) add to wishlist First published in 1983, "The Anti-Aesthetic" is a touchstone volume for postmodern dialogue and theory. Contributors include: Jurgen Habermas, Frederic Jameson, Edward Said, Kenneth Frampton, and Douglas Crimp. see all copies from $4.74! new only from $26.13! \| first editions
20 view cover	Music and the Mind more books like this by Anthony Storr add to wishlist Why does music have such a powerful effect on our minds and bodies? It is the most mysterious and most tangible of all forms of art. Yet, Anthony Storr believes, music today is a deeply significant experience for a greater number of people than ever before. In this book, he explores why this should be so. Drawing on a wide variety of opinions, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.97! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Architecture of Happiness more books like this by Alain de Botton add to wishlist What makes a house beautiful? Is it serious to spend your time thinking about home decoration? Why do people disagree about taste? And can buildings make us happy? In "The Architecture of Happiness", Alain de Botton tackles a relationship central to our lives. Our buildings - and the objects we fill them with - affect us more profoundly than we ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $9.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	History of Beauty more books like this by Umberto Eco (Editor), Alastair McEwen (Translator) add to wishlist "What is beauty? What is art? What is taste and fashion? Is beauty something to be observed coolly and rationally or is it something dangerously involving?" So begins Eco's intriguing journey into the aesthetics of beauty, in which he explores the ever-changing concept of the beautiful from the ancient Greeks to today. see all copies from $12.00! new only from $26.79! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Film Art: An Introduction more books like this by David Bordwell add to wishlist This introduction to film art explains the techniques specific to film as a medium, discusses the principles by which entire films are constructed, and explores how these techniques and formal principles have changed over the history of moviemaking. Frame enlargements are used to illuminate concepts, and there is information on the latest film ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.00! \| first editions
24 view cover	Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women more books like this by Naomi Wolf add to wishlist A sweeping indictment of the idealization and commercialization of female beauty by the American patriarchal culture as a backlash response to the feminist movement. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The roots of romanticism more books like this by Sir Isaiah Berlin, Henry Hardy, Jr. (Editor) add to wishlist The "Roots of Romanticism" at last makes available in printed form Isaiah Berlin's most celebrated lecture series, the Mellon lectures, delivered in Washington in 1965, recorded by the BBC, and broadcast several times. A published version has been keenly awaited ever since the lectures were given, and Berlin had always hoped to complete a book ... see all copies from $3.15! new only from $14.68! \| first editions \| SVS

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