What good are the arts? /
Carey, John, 1934-
What good are the arts? / John Carey. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xii, 286 p. ; 22 cm. ; cased.
CW027
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-269) and index.
What is a work of art? -- Is 'high' art superior? -- Can science help? -- Do the arts make us better? -- Can art be a religion? -- The case for literature -- Literature and critical intelligence -- Creative reading: literature and indistinctness.
019530554X (hdbk. : alk. paper) 9780195305548
2005018494
Aesthetics.
Art--Philosophy.
700.1
What good are the arts? / John Carey. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xii, 286 p. ; 22 cm. ; cased.
CW027
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-269) and index.
What is a work of art? -- Is 'high' art superior? -- Can science help? -- Do the arts make us better? -- Can art be a religion? -- The case for literature -- Literature and critical intelligence -- Creative reading: literature and indistinctness.
019530554X (hdbk. : alk. paper) 9780195305548
2005018494
Aesthetics.
Art--Philosophy.
700.1