Functional beauty
By: Glenn Parsons and Allen Carlson.
Contributors: Carlson, Allen.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780199205240
Subjects: Aesthetics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Functional beauty in the aesthetic tradition; title: Functional beauty in contemporary aesthetic theory; title: Indeterminacy and the concept of function; title: Function and form; title: Nature and environment; title: Architecture and the built environment; title: Artefacts and everyday aesthetics; title: The functions of art.