(Ebook) Introducing Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art by Darren Hudson Hick ISBN 9781350006904, 9781350006935, 9781350006898, 9781350006928, 9781350006911, 1350006904, 1350006890, 1350006939, 1350006920

(Ebook) Introducing Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art by Darren Hudson Hick ISBN 9781350006904, 9781350006935, 9781350006898, 9781350006928, 9781350006911, 1350006904, 1350006890, 1350006939, 1350006920

'Place in garden, lawn, to beautify landscape.When Don Featherstones plastic pink flamingos were first advertised in the 1957 Sears catalogue, these were the instructions. The flamingos are placed on the cover of this book for another reason: to start us asking questions. Thats where philosophy always begins. Introducing Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art is written to introduce students to a broad array of questions that have occupied philosophers since antiquity, and which continue to bother us todayquestions like: - Is there something special about somethings being art? Can a mass-produced plastic bird have that special something? - If someone likes plastic pink flamingos, does that mean they have bad taste? Is bad taste a bad thing? - Do Featherstones pink flamingos mean anything? If so, does that depend on what Featherstone meant in designing them? Grounded in an array of real-world examples, from the classical to the contemporaryand from Marcel Duchamps signed urinal to The Exorcist to the ugliest animal in the worldeach chapter in this text opens with an illustrated guiding case, introducing a number of the issues to be discussed, and serving as a touchstone thoughout the chapter. With its trademark conversational style, clear explanations, and wealth of supporting features, Introducing Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art is the ideal introduction to the major problems, issues, and debates in the field. Now expanded and revised for its second edition, Introducing Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art is designed to give readers the background and the tools necessary to begin asking and answering the most intriguing questions about art and beauty, even when those questions are about pink plastic flamingos.