Aesthetics from classical Greece to the present
Subtitle: a short history
By: Monroe C. Beardsley.
Edition: Paperback edition
Series: Studies in the humanities : Philosophy ;
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1975
Place of publication: University
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 414
Copyright date: 1966
Subjects: Aesthetics -- History
First sentence: From the preface-- "For the purposes of this history of aesthetics, it is probably not necessary to be extremely scrupulous in marking the boundaries of the subject."
Description: "This modern classic is an ideal introduction to the literature on art and beauty from earliest times. All major aspects of the Western world's aesthetic theories and its philosophy of art are examined closely. Fully a third of the book is devoted to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Succinct and select bibliographies follow each chapter." -- back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Reprint of the ed. published by Macmillan, New York.