This much acclaimed book has emerged as neo-pragmatism's most significant contribution to contemporary aesthetics. By articulating a deeply embodied notion of aesthetic experience and the art of living, and by providing a compellingly rigorous defense of popular art-crowned by a pioneer study of hip hop-Richard Shusterman reorients aesthetics towards a fresher, more relevant, a...(展开全部)

Thought for the day? All humanists should immediately receive remedial math and science lessons. All scientists should start defending the humanities. Doings in the present? Working with many artists and writing a book for Penguin. Where? Rice University. Born? London, UK, 1968. Educated? Oxford. Jobs? Oxford, Princeton, New York University, University of Colorado at Boulder, U...(展开全部)

In "Ecology without Nature", Timothy Morton argues that the chief stumbling block to environmental thinking is the image of nature itself. Ecological writers propose a new worldview, but their very zeal to preserve the natural world leads them away from the 'nature' they revere. The problem is a symptom of the ecological catastrophe in which we are living. Morton sets out a see...(展开全部)

Analyze, understand, and appreciate. "Living with Art" provides the tools to help students think critically about the visual arts. Using a wealth of examples, the first half of the text examines the nature, vocabulary, and elements of art, offering a foundation for students to learn to analyze art effectively. The latter half sets out a brief but comprehensive history of art, l...(展开全部)

Analyze, understand, and appreciate. "Living with Art" provides the tools to help students think critically about the visual arts. Using a wealth of examples, the first half of the text examines the nature, vocabulary, and elements of art, offering a foundation for students to learn to analyze art effectively. The latter half sets out a brief but comprehensive history of art, l...(展开全部)

编者简介 布莱恩•沃利斯，纽约国际摄影中心（ICP）总策划、展览部主任。曾任纽约当代艺术新美术馆策展人、《美国艺术》资深编辑。他为《艺术论坛》、《美国艺术》、《华盛顿邮报》、《纽约时报》等多家报刊撰稿，也在耶鲁大学威廉姆斯学院、纽约大学和纽约城市大学授课。 译者简介 宋晓霞，中央美术学院教授，艺术史博士。主持教育部“当代艺术实践与增强国家文化竞争力战略研究”、文化部“中国形象的海外生成：近20年中国当代艺术展海外调查”等项研究，完成中国美术家协会海外研修项目“从海外看中国形象的塑造”。曾在中央美术学院人文学院开设“西方视角与中国当代艺术研究”博硕专题课。