Beauty : a very short introduction / Roger Scruton.
By: Scruton, Roger
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TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 262Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: xvi, 186 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN: 0199229759 (pbk) ; 9780199229758 (pbk.); 019955952X (hbk); 978019559527 (hbk.); 9780191777042 (ebook)Subject(s): AestheticsLOC classification: B1649.S2473 | B43 2011
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Summary: The renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object--either in art, in nature, or the human form--beautiful, and examining how we can compare differing judgments of beauty when it is evident all around us that our tastes vary so widely.-publisher description.
Judging beauty -- Human beauty -- Natural beauty -- Everyday beauty -- Artistic beauty -- Taste and order -- Art and Erōs -- The flight from beauty -- Concluding thoughts.
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"First published in hardback [in slightly different form] as Beauty, 2009"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-178) and indexes.
Judging beauty -- Human beauty -- Natural beauty -- Everyday beauty -- Artistic beauty -- Taste and order -- Art and Erōs -- The flight from beauty -- Concluding thoughts.
The renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object--either in art, in nature, or the human form--beautiful, and examining how we can compare differing judgments of beauty when it is evident all around us that our tastes vary so widely.-publisher description.
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