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Cambridge University Press, UK, No date. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The book and dust jacket are in Fine condition.

Routledge & Kegan Paul LTD, London, 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine. "The present volume…deals with the applications of aesthetic theory to the craft of criticism. The author maintains that all assessment of works of art in aesthetic terms and all appreciative writing about the arts involve tacit assumptions about the nature of artistic excellence as such, and demonstrates… Read more about this item

Columbia University Press, NY , 1986. 1st edition. Fine/Fine. "Arthur Danto, a thinker of great scope and wide interests, has contributed to many aspects of contemporary philosophy. The broad range of his work is indicated by his previous books, which includes 'The Transfiguration of the Commonplace', which concerns a theme in which Danto has long been interested: the… Read more about this item

Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, Boston MA, 1936. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The author divides his work into four parts. The first traces the history of 'art for art's sake' from antiquity to the present. Albert Guerard's depth of learning and his ability to make discriminatory selections of facts give to this monumental task a lightness of touch and ease… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 1st edition . Hardcover. Fine. "No one was better qualified than Mr. Carritt to introduce students to that most perplexing and most fascinating of philosophical problems--what is beauty."" [Review - Times (London) Literary Supplement] Oxford 334 pages; 74 entries by prominent philosophers. There is a protective mylar cover. 1ST EDITION, LATER PRINTING.

Hutchinson & Company, 1st edition.. Hardcover. Fine. ""Arthur Koestler argues that the scientist's insight is similar to the artist's act of creation, and that they share certain psychological conditions. Examining the common factors in scientific, artistic, and comic creations, he gives examples from psychology."" [Pub. Info] ""While the study of psychology has offered little in the way of… Read more about this item