| Description |
viii, 371 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
The live creature -- The live creature and "etherial things" -- Having an experience -- The act of expression -- The expressive object -- Substance and form -- The natural history of form -- The organization of energies -- The common substance of the arts -- The varied substance of the arts -- The human contribution -- The challenge to philosophy -- Criticism and perception -- Art and civilization |
| Summary |
"Based on John Dewey's lectures on aesthetics, delivered as the first William James Lecturer at Harvard (1932), Art as Experience has grown to be considered internationally as the most distinguished work ever written by an American on the formal structure and characteristic effects of all the arts: architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and literature."--Cover |
| Notes |
"A Perigee book." |
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"First Perigee printing: 1980"--Title page verso |
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Originally published: New York : Minton, Balch & Company, ©1934 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Aesthetics
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Experience
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| LC no. |
58059756 |
| ISBN |
0399531971 (pbk.) |
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9780399531972 (pbk.) |
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