Experience as Art: Aesthetics in Everyday Life

By Joseph H. Kupfer

Book Overview

Joseph Kupfer removes aesthetics from the exclusive province of museums, concert halls, and the periphery of human interests to reveal the impact of aesthetic experience on daily living. He combines philosophical aesthetics and critical analysis to indicate the status of aesthetic values in ordinary life, showing how aesthetic qualities and relations contribute to social, moral, and personal values. In examining the practical implications of aesthetic values for sports, sexual relationships, violence, and education, Kupfer also looks at the effect of aesthetic deprivation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873956931
• ISBN13: 9780873956932
• Release Date: June 1984
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher