{"product_id":"ideas-about-art-isbn-9781405178839","title":"Ideas About Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIdeas About Art\u003c\/i\u003e is an intelligent, accessible introductory text for students interested in learning how to think about aesthetics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt uses stories drawn from the experiences of individuals involved in the arts as a means of exposing readers to the philosophies, theories, and arguments that shape and drive visual art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn accessible, story-driven introduction to aesthetic theory and philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePrompts readers to develop independent ideas about aesthetics; this is a guide on how to think, not what to think\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes discussions of non-western, contemporary, and discipline-specific theories\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines a range of art-based dilemmas across a wide variety of disciplines — from art and design and law to visual and museum studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Public Opinion\/Public Art 1\u003cbr\u003e I Don’t Know Anything About Art, But I Know What I Like!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Non-Western Ideas About What Art Is 15\u003cbr\u003e Is Art Situational? Cultural? Biological? Universal?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Western Ideas About What Art Is 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Beauty 52\u003cbr\u003e Does Art Have to be Beautiful?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Expression and Aesthetic Experience 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Art and Ethics 78\u003cbr\u003e Morals and Religion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Political Art, Censorship, and Pornography 93\u003cbr\u003e When Art Is Too Powerful, Cover It Up\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Art and Economics 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Feminist Art, Aesthetics, and Art Criticism 123\u003cbr\u003e Where Were the Women in My Art History Books?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Postmodernist Art and Attitudes 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Photography and New Media 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 (Re)Discovering Design 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Art and Aesthetic Education 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Artists, Art Critics, Art Historians, Curators, Museums, and Viewers 205\u003cbr\u003e Making Art Ideas Your Own\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIllustration Credits 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book will engage the serious reader of art theory with accessible language and interesting imagery and personal.\" (\u003ci\u003eSchoolArts\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 May 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book provides many refreshingly-new ideas about art from many people and areas of the world, as well as open-ended, non-dogmatic discussions on many topics.\" (\u003ci\u003eBiz India\u003c\/i\u003e, 10 December 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This text offers art-interested students and general readers a sampling of ideas on a wide range of topics, in an accessible, non-intimidating manner.\" (\u003ci\u003eBook News\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 August 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book will engage the serious reader of art theory with accessible language and interesting imagery and personal stories.\" (\u003ci\u003eSchool Arts\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 May 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eKathleen Desmond\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Art History and Byler Distinguished Faculty at the University of Central Missouri where she teaches aesthetics, art criticism and art history and writes about contemporary art and artists.  \u003ci\u003eIdeas about Art\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging and inspirational text that teaches students to apply critical theory and develop and support their own opinions concerning aesthetics and art theory.  The text examines a range of art-based dilemmas, cases and instances of art in a multicultural context and across a wide variety of disciplines--from art and design and law to visual and museum studies. Organized into small chapters that begin with concrete stimuli for delving into deeper philosophical issues real and hypothetical--art's value, taste, the creative process, censorship, and aesthetic taste and theory--\u003ci\u003eIdeas about Art\u003c\/i\u003e includes stories from artists, art critics, art museum and art gallery professionals and philosophers, and brings art and aesthetics to life. 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