Global Theories of the Arts and AestheticsISBN: 978-1-4051-7355-1
Paperback
154 pages
November 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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This collection of essays focuses on theories and practices in
relation to the arts around the globe - particularly those that
have been ignored or marginalized by mainstream aesthetics and
philosophy of art, and explains specific ways that the concepts of
the aesthetic and of the arts might be enriched and enhanced.
- Explores a variety of art forms, including music, architecture, and the visual arts, with numerous specific examples
- Discusses a variety of cultural traditions, including the
gamelan in Central Java, gong music of the central Vietnamese
highlands, contemporary Chinese visual arts, Balinese aesthetics,
Islamic aesthetics
- Contains clear explanations of key ideas in specific
non-Western art theories and practices
- Argues that the participation in artistic practices and the experience of art are deeply embedded in one’ s sense of self, in moral action, and in how one negotiates one’s way through the world