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1	In praise of shadows more books like this by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki 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 $2.61! new only from $5.55! \| SVS
2	Perceiving the Arts: An Introduction to the Humanities more books like this by Dennis J Sporre KEY BENEFIT: Written for individuals who have little or no knowledge of the arts, Perceiving the Arts has a specific and limited purpose: to provide an introductory, technical, and respondent-related reference to the arts and literature. KEY TOPICS: Intended to give basic information about each of the arts disciplines--drawing, painting, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.30! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Architecture of Happiness more books like this by Alain de Botton 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 $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Lady Who Was Beautiful Inside more books like this by Edward Monkton With beauty magazines boasting circulations in the millions and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons recording more than 10 million elective cosmetic procedures within the last calendar year, it's pretty obvious that women across the nation are in need of a little pick-me-up. Edward Monkton delivers an empowering sense of self in The Lady Who ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.25! \| SVS
5	Beauty: The Invisible Embrace more books like this by John O'Donohue 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 $7.95! new only from $8.06! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Politics of Aesthetics: The Distribution of the Sensible more books like this by Jacques Ranciere, Gabriel Rockhill (Translator) The Politics of Aesthetics rethinks the relation between art and politics, reclaiming "aesthetics" from its current narrow confines to reveal its significance for contemporary experience. Here, Jacques Ranciere develops a critical aesthetic that goes far beyond the paradigms of modernism and modernity and their 'posts' which still haunt us. ... see all copies from $11.93! new only from $13.05! \| SVS
7	A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful more books like this by Edmund Burke The "Philosophical Enquiry" is a study of the relationship between strong feelings and forms of art, that considers the inspired persuasiveness of certain kinds of writing alongside experience of the natural landscape, and is gradually being recognized as an important work of aesthetic theory. This eloquent and sometimes erotic book was long ... see all copies from $3.95! new only from $7.03! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers more books like this by Leonard Koren 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 $8.50! new only from $9.61! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic more books like this by John Willett (Editor) 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 $6.00! new only from $16.85! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past more books like this by John Lewis Gaddis 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 $3.87! new only from $9.21! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	On Beauty and Being Just more books like this by Elaine Scarry Have we become beauty-blind? For two decades or more in the humanities, various political arguments have been put forward against beauty: that it distracts us from more important issues; that it is the handmaiden of privilege; and that it masks political interests. In "On Beauty and Being Just Elaine Scarry not only defends beauty from the ... see all copies from $5.89! new only from $7.81! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Sense of Beauty more books like this by Professor George Santayana This early work by the great American philosopher, George Santayana discusses the subject of beauty. He argues that beauty is the clearest manifestation of perfection, and the best evidence of its possibility. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages more books like this by Umberto Eco, Hugh Bredin (Translator) In this volume, the Italian novelist and playwright Umberto Eco aims to present a learned summary of mediaeval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of mediaeval culture. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.91! \| first editions
14 view cover	But is It Art?: An Introduction to Art Theory more books like this by Cynthia A Freeland 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 $1.99! new only from $8.64! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness more books like this by Virginia I. Postrel A writer on economics for the New York Times takes a look at the insane abundance of choice available to consumerist America and defends it, arguing that the choices made among such multitudes are meaningful ones. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Principles of Art more books like this by Robin George Collingwood Our first business is to investigate three kinds of art falsely so called. When that has been done we must see what there is left to be said about are proper. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.45! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Art and Its Significance: An Anthology of Aesthetic Theory more books like this by Stephen D. Ross (Editor) This anthology has been significantly expanded for this edition to include a wider range of contemporary issues. The most important addition is a new section on multicultural theory, including important and controversial selections ranging from discussions of art in other cultures to discussions of the appropriation of nonWestern art in Western ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.95! \| SVS
18 view cover	The Evidential Power of Beauty: Science and Theology Meet more books like this by Thomas DuBay, Fr., S.M. While everyone is delighted by beauty, and the more alive among us are positively fascinated by it, few are explicitly aware that we can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity. Dubay explores the reasons why all of the most eminent physicists of the twentieth century agree that beauty is the primary standard for scientific truth. Likewise, ... see all copies from $8.80! new only from $12.35! \| SVS
19 view cover	The roots of romanticism more books like this by Isaiah Berlin, Henry Hardy The Roots of Romanticism at last makes available in printed form Isaiah Berlin's most famous 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 indeed Berlin had always hoped to complete a book ... see all copies from $5.85! new only from $12.25! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Aesthetic Theory more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno In his "Philosophy of Modern Music", Theodor W. Adorno analyzes what he called "radical music" and discusses in detail the innovative work of Mahler, of Schoenberg and his disciples, and the early compositions of Stravinsky. As in all his writings, Adorno brings a wide array of cultural and social themes to bear on these subjects, so that ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $21.50! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Calliope's Sisters: A Comparative Study of Philosophies of Art more books like this by Richard L Anderson For Anthropology of Art courses and courses in Aesthetics. This book looks at the visual and performing arts of the world's societies, describing the varied ways in which people in other cultures think about their arts and examining the theoretical basis of art's role in human affairs. Anderson focuses on ten diverse societies, noting the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $58.07! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Philosophies of Art and Beauty: Selected Readings in Aesthetics from Plato to Heidegger more books like this by Albert Hofstadter (Editor), Richard Kuhns (Editor) This anthology is remarkable not only for the selections themselves, among which the Schelling and the Heidegger essays were translated especially for this volume, but also for the editors' general introduction and the introductory essays for each selection, which make this volume an invaluable aid to the study of the powerful, recurrent ideas ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.75! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Aesthetics, method and epistemology more books like this by Michel Foucault, James D. Faubion The second of three thematically-organized volumes collecting all the most significant shorter writings, notes and interviews of Michel Foucault, one of the most important and influential thinkers of the 20th century. see all copies from $11.71! new only from $11.71! \| SVS
24 view cover	Aesthetics and Politics more books like this by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch The key text in the great controversies over literature and art between thinkers who have become giants of 20th-century philosophy. see all copies from $8.02! new only from $8.02! \| SVS
25 view cover	The Philosophy of Art: Readings Ancient and Modern more books like this by Alex Neill, Professor Aaron Ridley This anthology is intended as a core text for courses in aesthetics or philosophy of art. It contains a wealth of readings from both classic and contemporary sources, and aims to present substantial selections from those texts rather than mere "snippets." Readings are organized historically within four broad themes so that students can see how ... see all copies from $26.51! new only from $50.23! \| first editions \| SVS

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