The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics

The third edition of the acclaimed Routledge Companion to Aesthetics contains over sixty chapters written by leading international scholars covering all aspects of aesthetics.This companion opens with an historical overview of aesthetics including entries on Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Adorno, Benjamin, Foucault, Goodman, and Wollheim. The second part covers the central concepts and theories of aesthetics, including the definitions of art, taste, the value of art, beauty, imagination, fiction, narrative, metaphor and pictorial representation. Part three is devoted to issues and challenges in aesthetics, including art and ethics, art and religion, creativity, environmental aesthetics and feminist aesthetics. The final part addresses the individual arts, including music, photography, film, videogames, literature, theater, dance, architecture and design. With ten new entries, and revisions and updated suggestions for further reading throughout, The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics is essential for anyone interested in aesthetics, art, literature, and visual studies. Additional ISBNs 0415782864, 0415782872, 1136697144, 0203813030, 9780415782869, 9780415782876, 9781136697142, 9780203813034The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics 3rd Edition is written by Author and published by Routledge. ISBNs for The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics are 9781136697135, 1136697136 and the print ISBNs are 9780415782876, 0415782872. Additional ISBNs include 0415782864, 0415782872, 1136697144, 0203813030, 9780415782869, 9780415782876, 9781136697142, 9780203813034.