Product details
ISBN
9780253208880
Published
1994-10-22
Publisher
Indiana University Press; Indiana University Press
Weight
340 gr
Height
210 mm
Width
140 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
148
Author
"Stunning insights into Renaissance aesthetic theory. . . a rigorous and critical assessment of key moments in the Western aesthetic tradition, speaks beyond the audience of philosophers and literary critics . . ." —Renaissance Quarterly
"Stone challenges the simple opposition of philosophy and art . . . in a style that has the directness of sculpture." —John Llewelyn
In an elegant and provocative text enhanced by photographs, John Sallis offers an important new theory of philosophy and art. He takes up the various guises and settings in which stone appears and what philosophers have said about the beauty of stone.
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Takes up the various guises and settings in which stone appears. This work is attentive not only to what certain philosophers such as Hegel and Heidegger have said of beauty and of stone, but also to what they have written on their travels to the Alps, to the great cathedrals of Europe, or to the temples of Greece.
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<p>List of Photographs<br /> Acknowledgments<br /> 1. Shining Truth<br /> 2. Vorbei<br /> 3. From Tower to Cathedral<br /> 4. Temple of Earth<br /> 5. Theatre of Stone</p>
An important new theory of philosophy and art.
Product details
ISBN
9780253208880
Published
1994-10-22
Publisher
Indiana University Press; Indiana University Press
Weight
340 gr
Height
210 mm
Width
140 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
148
Author