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Title: Puzzles About Art: An Aesthetics Casebook by Margaret P. Battin, John Fisher, Ronald Moore, Anita Silvers ISBN: 0-312-00307-2 Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's Pub. Date: March, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.15 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Versatile
Comment: This was a thought provoking text, easily digestible and not intimidating. I found this book to be selectively useful with a wide range of students. My middle school students were stimulated by a selection of "puzzles" to decide art's validity and purpose. I plan to send this book to a college professor as well, knowing that the thought provoking segments will also be enticing for him to use in his class in Nice, France.
Rating: 4
Summary: Puzzles provide exciting introduction to aesthetics.
Comment: "Puzzles About Art" is a welcome and refreshing departure from the standard approach to philosophical aesthetics which can often make the novice shake her head and wonder how philosophical debates could be relevant to resolving issues in art. Following trends in comtemporary ethics, Battin uses both fictional and factual puzzle cases to introduce and highlight many of the problems which arise when making judgements concerning art. The puzzles are written in such a way that even the philosophically uninitiated can begin to take up and discuss the issues and to feel the tensions inherent in the puzzles.
The puzzles cover a wide-range of aesthetic issues including the definition of art, interpretation, and conflicts between art and other values. Each section begins with a discussion of the main issues highlighted in the following cases and some of the ways in which philosophers have tried to resolve the issues presented.
I came across this book while searching for a suitable resource to help introduce primary-aged students to philosophical aesthetics, but needed a more active approach that would capture the interest and curiousity of children. The puzzles are constructed in such a way that many can be stripped of their more advanced concepts and adapted for this age group, yet retain much of their force and intrigue.
If you are interested in issues in aesthetics or in teaching aesthetics, it is definitely worth looking at this book!
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Title: Basic Issues in Aesthetics by Marcia Muelder Eaton ISBN: 157766034X Publisher: Waveland Press Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Practical Art Criticism by Edmund Burke Feldman ISBN: 0137066740 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 11 August, 1993 List Price(USD): $23.60 |
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Title: Interpreting Art : Reflecting, Wondering, and Responding by Terry Michael Barrett ISBN: 0767416481 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Pub. Date: 27 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.85 |
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Title: Aesthetics: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art by Anne Sheppard ISBN: 0192891642 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: December, 1987 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Arguing About Art: Contemporary Philosophical Debates by Alex Neill, Aaron Ridley ISBN: 0415237394 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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