Aesthetics from Classical Greece to the Present

by Monroe C. Beardsley

Seeks to bring present-day philosophy principles into the history of aesthetics

Before the publication of Aesthetics from Classical Greece to the Present there were three histories of aesthetics in English—Bosanquet's pioneering work, the second part of Croce's Aesthetic in the Ainsle translation, and the comprehensive volume by Gilbert and Kuhn. While each of these is interesting in its own ways, and together they cover a good deal of ground, none of them is very new. Thus none could take advantage of recent work on many important philosophers and periods and bring into a consideration of the past the best concepts and principles that have been developed by present-day philosophy.

Genres: Philosophy, Art, History, Nonfiction, Art History, Essays, Architecture

414 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 1966

Reviews

[Matthew Ciaramella]

I fucking love Monroe C. Beardsley. I think he is an honorary member of the bitch mob.

[Errika Gerakiti]

Πλήρες βιβλίο στο αντικείμενό του, ιδιαίτερα απαιτητικό όμως διότι θέλει συγκέντρωση καθώς οι έννοιες και οι ιδέες που επεξεργάζεται είναι ιδιαίτερες.

[Kate]

Mentioned by Daniel Menaker in Final edit - his tutor at Swarthmore - argues there is no bad art

[Carl]

Know your enemy.

[Jonathan]

Should be hard bound eventually.