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Artistic Visions and the Promise of Beauty Cross-Cultural Perspectives /

This volume examines the motives behind rejections of beauty often found within contemporary art practice, where much critically acclaimed art is deliberately ugly and alienating. It reflects on the nature and value of beauty, asking whether beauty still has a future in art and what role it can play...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Higgins, Kathleen M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Maira, Shakti. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sikka, Sonia. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures, 16
Subjects:
Aesthetics.
Fine arts.
Cultural studies.
Fine Arts.
Cultural Studies.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43893-1

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