
Music, Art, and Metaphysics
Jerrold Levinson(Author)
Oxford University Press
1st Edition
Published on 24. February 2011
Book
Hardback
440 pages
978-0-19-959663-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is a long-awaited reissue of Jerrold Levinson's 1990 book Music, Art, and Metaphysics, which gathers together the writings that made him a leading figure in contemporary aesthetics. Most of the essays are distinguished by a concern with metaphysical questions about artworks and their properties, but other essays address the problem of art's definition, the psychology of aesthetic response, and the logic of interpreting and evaluating works of art. The focus of about half of the essays is the art of music, the art of greatest interest to Levinson throughout his career. Many of the essays have been very influential, being among the most cited in contemporary aesthetics and having become essential references in debates on the definition of art, the ontology of art, emotional response to art, expression in art, and the nature of art forms.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Scholars and advanced students of aesthetics, music theory, and art theory.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
861 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-959663-8 (9780199596638)
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Book
02/2011
1st Edition
Oxford University Press
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Person
Jerrold Levinson is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he has taught since 1976.
Content
PART ONE: ART AND HISTORY ; 1. Defining Art Historically ; 2. Hybrid Art Forms ; 3. Refining Art Historically ; PART TWO: METAPHYSICS OF ART ; 4. What a Musical Work Is ; 5. Autographic and Allographic Art Revisited ; 6. Aesthetic Uniqueness ; 7. Aesthetic Supervenience ; 8. Titles ; 9. Artworks and the Future ; 10. What a Musical Work Is, Again ; PART THREE: MUSICAL MATTERS ; 11. The Concept of Music ; 12. Truth in Music ; 13. Music and Negative Emotion ; 14. Hope in The Hebrides ; 15. Evaluationg Musical Performance ; 16. Authentic Performance and Performance Means