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| Titel |
Beauty |
| Auteur |
R. Scruton |
| Plaats van uitgave |
Oxford |
| Uitgever |
Oxford university press |
| Jaar van uitgave |
2009
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| ISBN |
978-0-19-955952-7
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| Annotatie |
XI, 223 p. : afb. ; 18 cm. - Met lit. opg. - Met reg.
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| Trefwoorden |
esthetica, culturele waarde, sociale functie, beoordeling, kunst |
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Samenvatting
'Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane', Scruton writes. 'It can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It is never viewed with indifference: beauty demands to be noticed; it speaks to us directly like the voice of an intimate friend.' Philosopher Scruton explores this timeless concept, asking what makes an object - either in art, in nature, or the human form - beautiful. Can there be dangerous beauties, corrupting beauties, and immoral beauties? Is it right to say there is more beauty in a classical temple than a concrete office block, more beauty in a Rembrandt than in an Andy Warhol Campbell Soup Can? Can we even say, of certain works of art, that they are too beautiful: that they ravish when they should disturb. But while we may argue about what is or is not beautiful, Scruton insists that beauty is a real and universal value, one anchored in our rational nature, and that the sense of beauty has an indispensable part to play in shaping the human world.
Bespreking door Pieter Hoexum in: Boekman.22(2010)84(najaar.110-111). |
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