Aesthetics and Environment: Variations on a Theme.BH301 2004-019228 0-7546-5077-4 Aesthetics aesthetics (ĕsthĕt`ĭks), the branch of philosophy that is concerned with the nature of art and the criteria of artistic judgment. and environment; variations on a theme. Berleant, Arnold. Ashgate Publishing Co., [c]2005 170 p. $89.95 Berleant (philosophy emeritus e·mer·i·tus adj. Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement: a professor emeritus. n. pl. , Long Island U.) continues exploring a theory of aesthetics in which creation, appreciation, performance and object are the main, and interrelated in·ter·re·late tr. & intr.v. in·ter·re·lat·ed, in·ter·re·lat·ing, in·ter·re·lates To place in or come into mutual relationship. in elements. In this set of essays on environmental and social aesthetics he explores specific natural and built (cultural) environments and cases, testing and expanding his theory, and realizing the significance of the human presence and human relationships on both. He describes aesthetic dimensions in environmental design and the coastal environment, the wilderness city, and in virtual space, and within culture, the social evaluation of art and subsidization sub·si·dize tr.v. sub·si·dized, sub·si·diz·ing, sub·si·diz·es 1. To assist or support with a subsidy. 2. To secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy. as social policy, the ethics of art, and ideas about social aesthetics. |
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