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A four-volume reference work that surveys how philosophers, art historians, and others reflect critically on art and culture. A comprehensive reference work on aesthetics that presents articles on the history of Western and non-Western aesthetics along with extensive accounts of the contemporary debates.

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This is the first comprehensive reference source available in an area that concerns several academic disciplines ... authoritative and accessible, providing scholars and students, practising artists, and social scientists with an illuminating guide to historical and contemporary scholarship. Library Journal Astonishing variety of proposed themes... The quality of the contributions is... impressively high... The Encyclopedia's coverage of historical topics is especially impressive... the Encyclopedia is a gold mine... one can learn about and confront intriguing opinions concerning... much. Kendall L. Walton, TLS 29/09/00

"This is the first comprehensive reference source available in an area that concerns several academic disciplines ... authoritative and accessible, providing scholars and students, practising artists, and social scientists with an illuminating guide to historical and contemporary scholarship."" Library Journal Astonishing variety of proposed themes... The quality of the contributions is... impressively high... The Encyclopedia's coverage of historical topics is especially impressive... the Encyclopedia is a gold mine... one can learn about and confront intriguing opinions concerning... much. Kendall L. Walton, TLS 29/09/00"

This is the first comprehensive reference source available in an area that concerns several academic disciplines ... authoritative and accessible, providing scholars and students, practising artists, and social scientists with an illuminating guide to historical and contemporary scholarship."" Library Journal Astonishing variety of proposed themes... The quality of the contributions is... impressively high... The Encyclopedia's coverage of historical topics is especially impressive... the Encyclopedia is a gold mine... one can learn about and confront intriguing opinions concerning... much. Kendall L. Walton, TLS 29/09/00

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