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      Geneses of Postmodern Art

      Paul Crowther

      Postmodernism in the visual arts is not just another 'ism.' To explain why, Paul Crowther investigates topics such as eclecticism, the sublime, deconstruction in art and philosophy, and Paolozzi's Wittgenstein-inspired…

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      The Phenomenology of Aesthetic Consciousness and Phantasy

      Paul Crowther

      This is the first book dedicated to Husserl's aesthetics. Crowther pieces together Husserl's ideas of phantasy and image and presents them as a unified and innovative account of aesthetic consciousness…

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      Critical Aesthetics and Postmodernism

      Paul A. Crowther

      In this monograph, the author seeks to overcome some of the antagonistic positions taken in recent debates about postmodernism. He addresses such issues as the relation between art and politics…

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      The Kantian Sublime: From Morality to Art

      Paul A. Crowther

      A monograph devoted exclusively to Kant’s theory of the sublime, a subject currently witnessing a revival amongst European philosphers in relation to debates about the nature of postmodernism.

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      Art and Embodiment: From Aesthetics to Self-consciousness

      Paul A. Crowther

      Paul Crowther argues that art can bridge the gap between philosophy’s traditional striving for generality and completeness, and the concreteness and contingency of humanity’s basic relation to the world. He…

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      Defining Art, Creating the Canon: Artistic Value in an Era of Doubt

      Paul A. Crowther

      What is art? Why should we value it? Traditional answers have emphasized aesthetic form. This book attempts to restore the mimetic definition of art on the basis of factors which…

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      Art and Embodiment: From Aesthetics to Self-consciousness

      Paul A. Crowther

      Paul Crowther argues that art can bridge the gap between philosophy’s traditional striving for generality and completeness, and the concreteness and contingency of humanity’s basic relation to the world. He…

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      The Phenomenology of Modern Art: Exploding Deleuze, Illuminating Style

      Professor Paul Crowther

      As a philosophical approach, phenomenology is concerned with structure in how phenomena are experienced. This title uses phenomenological insights to explain the significance of style in modern art, most notably…

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      The Phenomenology of Modern Art: Exploding Deleuze, Illuminating Style

      Professor Paul Crowther

      As a philosophical approach, phenomenology is concerned with structure in how phenomena are experienced. This title uses phenomenological insights to explain the significance of style in modern art, most notably…

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      What Drawing and Painting Really Mean: The Phenomenology of Image and Gesture

      Paul Crowther

      Drawings and paintings are made, and the process of making creates unique meanings that transform our perception of space-time and our sense of finitude. By using a phenomenological approach, the…

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      Philosophy After Postmodernism: Civilized Values and the Scope of Knowledge

      Paul Crowther

      Formulating a new approach to philosophy, Paul Crowther identifies conceptual links between value, knowledge, personal identity and civilization understood as a process of cumulative advance.

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      Phenomenology of the Visual Arts (even the frame)

      Paul Crowther

      The book is a comprehensive phenomenological study of meanings that are unique to the major visual art forms.

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      Phenomenology of the Visual Arts (even the frame)

      Paul Crowther

      The book is a comprehensive phenomenological study of meanings that are unique to the major visual art forms.

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      Philosophy After Postmodernism: Civilized Values and the Scope of Knowledge

      Paul Crowther

      Formulating a new approach to philosophy, Paul Crowther identifies conceptual links between value, knowledge, personal identity and civilization understood as a process of cumulative advance.

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      The Aesthetics of Self-Becoming: How Art Forms Empower

      Paul Crowther

      This book outlines an aesthetics of self-becoming, wherein we do not simply consume artistic meaning, but become empowered by adapting ourselves to what creation in the different art forms enable.

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      The Phenomenology of Aesthetic Consciousness and Phantasy: Working with Husserl

      Paul Crowther

      This is the first book dedicated to Husserl’s aesthetics. Crowther pieces together Husserl’s ideas of phantasy and image and presents them as a unified and innovative account of aesthetic consciousness…

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      Digital Art, Aesthetic Creation: The Birth of a Medium

      Paul Crowther

      Paul Crowther, using a philosophical approach to art history, considers the first steps towards digital graphics, their development in terms of three-dimensional abstraction and figuration, and then the complexities of…

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      Theory of the Art Object

      Paul Crowther

      Meaning in the visual arts centers on how the physical work makes its content or presence visible. The art object is fundamental.

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      Geneses of Postmodern Art: Technology As Iconology

      Paul Crowther

      Postmodernism in the visual arts is not just another ‘ism.’ To explain why, Paul Crowther investigates topics such as eclecticism, the sublime, deconstruction in art and philosophy, and Paolozzi’s Wittgenstein-inspired…

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      Digital Art, Aesthetic Creation: The Birth of a Medium

      Paul Crowther

      Paul Crowther, using a philosophical approach to art history, considers the first steps towards digital graphics, their development in terms of three-dimensional abstraction and figuration, and then the complexities of…

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      Theory of the Art Object

      Paul Crowther

      Meaning in the visual arts centers on how the physical work makes its content or presence visible. The art object is fundamental.

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      The Aesthetics of Self-Becoming: How Art Forms Empower

      Paul Crowther

      This book outlines an aesthetics of self-becoming, wherein we do not simply consume artistic meaning, but become empowered by adapting ourselves to what creation in the different art forms enable.

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      What Drawing and Painting Really Mean: The Phenomenology of Image and Gesture

      Paul Crowther

      Drawings and paintings are made, and the process of making creates unique meanings that transform our perception of space-time and our sense of finitude. By using a phenomenological approach, the…

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      How Pictures Complete Us: The Beautiful, the Sublime, and the Divine

      Paul Crowther

      The book shows how pictorial art conveys aesthetic transcendence-a felt, though symbolic experience of going beyond our finite limitations that sometimes involves a sense of communing with God

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      How Pictures Complete Us: The Beautiful, the Sublime, and the Divine

      Paul Crowther

      The book shows how pictorial art conveys aesthetic transcendence-a felt, though symbolic experience of going beyond our finite limitations that sometimes involves a sense of communing with God

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      The Transhistorical Image: Philosophizing Art and its History

      Paul Crowther (Universitat Bremen)

      Why are visual artworks experienced as having intrinsic significance or normative depth? Why are some works of art better able to manifest this significance than others? Paul Crowther argues that…

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      The Transhistorical Image: Philosophizing Art and its History

      Paul Crowther (Universitat Bremen)

      Why are visual artworks experienced as having intrinsic significance or normative depth? Why are some works of art better able to manifest this significance than others? In this 2002 book…

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      Phenomenologies of Art and Vision: A Post-Analytic Turn

      Professor Paul Crowther

      An original study of the intrinsic significance of art, drawing on ideas, thinkers and approaches from phenomenology and analytic aesthetics.

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      Phenomenologies of Art and Vision: A Post-Analytic Turn

      Professor Paul Crowther

      An original study of the intrinsic significance of art, drawing on ideas, thinkers and approaches from phenomenology and analytic aesthetics.

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      Defining Art, Creating the Canon: Artistic Value in an Era of Doubt

      Paul Crowther (National University of Ireland Galway)

      What is art; why should we value it; and what allows us to say that one work is better than another? Paul Crowther uses a philosophical approach to argue that…

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      The Kantian Aesthetic: From Knowledge to the Avant-Garde

      Paul Crowther (National University of Ireland, Galway)

      The Kantian Aesthetic explains the kind of perceptual knowledge involved in aesthetic judgments. It does so by linking Kant’s aesthetics to a critically upgraded account of his theory of knowledge…

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      The Kantian Aesthetic: From Knowledge to the Avant-Garde

      Paul Crowther (National University of Ireland, Galway)

      The Kantian Aesthetic explains the kind of perceptual knowledge involved in aesthetic judgments. It does so by linking Kant’s aesthetics to a critically upgraded account of his theory of knowledge…

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      Meanings of Abstract Art: Between Nature and Theory

      This book explores the relation of abstract art to nature. It covers three categories of essays: classical modernism (Mondrian, Malevich, Kandinsky, Arp, early American abstraction); post-war abstraction (Pollock, Still, Newman…

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      Meanings of Abstract Art: Between Nature and Theory

      This book explores the relation of abstract art to nature. It covers three categories of essays: classical modernism (Mondrian, Malevich, Kandinsky, Arp, early American abstraction); post-war abstraction (Pollock, Still, Newman…

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      Aesthetics, Imagination and the Unity of Experience

      R.K. Elliott,edited by Paul Crowther

      Throughout his writing the author combines analytic rigour with sympathy for ideas in continental philosophy. He offers an in-depth analysis of Kant’s Critique of Judgement , Clive Bell’s aesthetic theory…

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      Aesthetics, Imagination and the Unity of Experience

      R.K. Elliott,edited by Paul Crowther

      R.K. Elliott’s essays on aesthetics put forward a number of common themes that together constitute a unified approach to aesthetics. Throughout his writing, Elliott combines analytic rigour with sympathy for…

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      Concise Guide to Databases: A Practical Introduction

      Konstantinos Domdouzis,Peter Lake,Paul Crowther

      Offering engineers and non-specialists alike a comprehensive introduction to a key topic in modern business, this easy-to-read guide embraces a wider view perspective encompassing big data, NoSQL, object and object-relational…

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      Understanding Modernisation in Criminal Justice

      Paul Senior,Chris Crowther-Dowey,Matt Long

      This is the first book to theorize modernization in the context of criminal justice. It provides a historically informed account tracing the evolving links between new public management and modernization…

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      From Luminous Hot Stars to Starburst Galaxies

      Peter S. Conti (University of Colorado, Boulder),Paul A. Crowther (University of Sheffield),Claus Leitherer (Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore)

      Ideal for graduate students and researchers in astrophysics, this detailed introduction to luminous hot stars connects the astrophysics of massive stars with the extremes of galaxy evolution represented by starburst…

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      From Luminous Hot Stars to Starburst Galaxies

      Peter S. Conti (University of Colorado, Boulder),Paul A. Crowther (University of Sheffield),Claus Leitherer (Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore)

      Ideal for graduate students and researchers in astrophysics, this detailed introduction to luminous hot stars connects the astrophysics of massive stars with the extremes of galaxy evolution represented by starburst…

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      Cornish Studies Volume 9

      The ninth volume in the acclaimed paperback series … the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation.

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