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<p>Feminist approaches to art are extremely influential and widely studied across a variety of disciplines, including art theory, cultural and visual studies, and philosophy. <b>Gender and Aesthetics</b> is an introduction to the major theories and thinkers within art and aesthetics from a philosophical perspective, carefully introducing and examining the role that gender plays in forming ideas about art. It is ideal for anyone coming to the topic for the first time.</p> <p>Organized thematically, the book introduces in clear language the most important topics within feminist aesthetics:</p> <ul> <li>Why were there so few women painters?</li> <li>Art, pleasure and beauty</li> <li>Music, literature and painting</li> <li>The role of gender in taste and food</li> <li>What is art and who is an artist?</li> <li>Disgust and the sublime.</li> </ul> <p>Each chapter discusses important topics and thinkers within art and examines the role gender plays in our understanding of them. These topics include creativity, genius and the appreciation of art, and thinkers from Plato, Kant, and Hume to Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva. Also included in the book are illustrations from Gaugin and Hogarth

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Author

Caronlyn Korsmeyer

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780415266581

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Art, Anthropology