Pleasure and the Arts
| Author | : Christopher Butler |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0191534129 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780191534126 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (126 Downloads) |
Download or read book Pleasure and the Arts written by Christopher Butler and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do the arts give us pleasure? Covering a very wide range of artistic works, from Auden to David Lynch, Rembrandt to Edward Weston, and Richard Strauss to Keith Jarrett, Butler offers us an explanation of our enjoyable emotional engagements with literature, music, and painting. Pleasurable in its own right, Pleasure and the Arts presents a sparkling explanation of the enduring interest of artistic expression. - ;How do the arts give us pleasure? Covering a very wide range of artistic works, from Auden to David Lynch, Rembrandt to Edward Weston, and Richard Strauss to Keith Jarrett, Pleasure.
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