The Arts of the Beautiful
| Author | : Etienne Gilson |
| Publisher | : Dalkey Archive Scholarly |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1564782506 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781564782502 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (502 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Arts of the Beautiful by : Etienne Gilson
Download or read book The Arts of the Beautiful written by Etienne Gilson and published by Dalkey Archive Scholarly. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his usual lucidity, Etienne Gilson addresses the idea that "art is the making of beauty for beauty's own sake." By distinguishing between aesthetics, which promotes art as a form of knowledge, and philosophy, which focuses on the presence of the artist's own talent or genius, Gilson maintains that art belongs to a different category entirely, the category of "making." Gilson's intellectually stimulating meditation on the relation of beauty and art is indispensable to philosophers and artists alike.
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