Only a promise of happiness : the place of beauty in a world of art / Alexander Nehamas.

Author: Nehamas, Alexander, 1946-

Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2007.

Description186 p. 26 cm.

Note:Plato or Schopenhauer? -- A feature of appearance? -- Modernist voices -- Modernist appropriations -- Criticism and value -- The role of reviewing -- Beauty, love, friendship -- Beauty, attractiveness, evolution -- Art, beauty, desire -- Beauty, community, universality -- Uniformity, style, distinction -- Aesthetics, directness, individuality -- Love and death in Venice -- Manet's Olympia -- Interpretation, breadth, depth -- Interpretation, beauty, goodness -- Beauty, uncertainty, happiness.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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