Art Scents: Exploring the Aesthetics of Smell and the Olfactory Arts

ISBN-13: 9780190089818 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 376 str.

Larry Shiner

Recenzje

Whether or not scent is capable of profundity, Shiner makes an excellent case that scent at least merits attention as a vehicle for aesthetic meaning...Highly recommended.

O autorze

Larry Shiner is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Illinois, his research focuses on the history of the concept of art, the relation of art to craft and design, the aesthetics of museum architecture, the aesthetics of smell, and the role of literary form in writing history. His writings on those topics include numerous articles in major journals and two books: The Secret Mirror: Literary Form and History in Tocqueville's Recollections (Cornell University Press, 1988) and The Invention of Art: A Cultural History (University of Chicago Press, 2001).