Art Matters

by Peter De Bolla

Book Overview

In the face of a great work of art, we so often stand mute, struck dumb. Is this a function--perhaps the first and foremost--of aesthetic experience? Or do we lack the words to say what we feel? Countering current assumptions that art is valued only according to taste or ideology, Peter de Bolla gives a voice--and vocabulary--to the wonder art can inspire. Working toward a better understanding of what it is to be profoundly moved by a work of art,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674006496
• ISBN13: 9780674006492
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.3"