The nature of aesthetic value / Hugo A. Meynell.
By: Meynell, Hugo Anthony.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Macmillan, 1986Description: 158 p. ; 23 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0333389735.Subject(s): Aesthetics | Aesthetics in literature | Art -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 111.85Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 111.85 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00006080 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 On the Grounds of Aesthetic Value
- 2 Aesthetic Satisfaction
- 3 Goodness in Literature
- Illustration and Demonstration of What is of Central Importance for Human Life
- Originality in Use of Language, and in Treatment of Plot, Character, etc
- Representation of People, Things and Circumstances
- Overall Unity in Variety of Substance and Effect
- Seriousness of Theme
- Original Treatment of the Medium of Words and Ideas
- The Bringing Out of How Things Are or Might Be
- Overall Unity of Substance and Effect
- 4 Goodness in Visual Art
- Enhancement of Our Perception and Imagination
- Emotional Significance
- Unity in Variety of Substance and Effect
- 5 Goodness in Music
- Exploitation of the Medium As Such
- Clarity and Intensity of Depiction of Emotion and Mood, and Importance of the Emotions or Moods in the Business of Human Living
- Unity in Diversity
- Conclusion
- Notes and References
- Index