Passing Strange and Wonderful

Aesthetics Nature And Culture

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Ecology, Science, Biological Sciences, Environmental Science
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Author: Yi-Fu Tuan ISBN: 9781610912969
Publisher: Island Press Publication: April 24, 2013
Imprint: Island Press Language: English
Author: Yi-Fu Tuan
ISBN: 9781610912969
Publisher: Island Press
Publication: April 24, 2013
Imprint: Island Press
Language: English

In this rich and rewarding work, Yi-Fu Tuan vividly demonstrates that feeling and beauty are essential components of life and society. The aesthetic is not merely one aspect of culture but its central core -- both its driving force and its ultimate goal.Beginning with the individual and his physical world, Tuan's exploration progresses from the simple to the complex. His initial evaluation of the building blocks of aesthetic experience (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) develops gradually into a wide-ranging examination of the melaborate of human constructs, including art, architecture, literature, philosophy, music, and more.

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In this rich and rewarding work, Yi-Fu Tuan vividly demonstrates that feeling and beauty are essential components of life and society. The aesthetic is not merely one aspect of culture but its central core -- both its driving force and its ultimate goal.Beginning with the individual and his physical world, Tuan's exploration progresses from the simple to the complex. His initial evaluation of the building blocks of aesthetic experience (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) develops gradually into a wide-ranging examination of the melaborate of human constructs, including art, architecture, literature, philosophy, music, and more.

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