Reason in Art: The Life of Reason [Paperback]

George Santayana (Author)

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Series: The life of reason | Publication Date: September 1982

This Dover edition, first published in 1982, is an unabridged republication of volume four of The Life of Reason; or The Phases of Human Progress, originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons, N.Y., in 1905. Chapters include: 1. THE BASIS OF ART IN INSTINCT AND EXPERIENCE (Man affects his environment, sometimes to good purpose.) CHAPTER 2: RATIONALITY OF INDUSTRIAL ART CHAPTER 3: EMERGENCE OF FINE ART CHAPTER 4: MUSIC CHAPTER 5: SPEECH AND SIGNIFICATION CHAPTER 6: POETRY AND PROSE CHAPTER 7: PLASTIC CONSTRUCTION CHAPTER 8: PLASTIC REPRESENTATION CHAPTER 9: JUSTIFICATION OF ART CHAPTER 10: THE CRITERION OF TASTE CHAPTER 11: ART AND HAPPINESS

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Product Details

Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Dover Pubns (September 1982)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486243583
ISBN-13: 978-0486243580
Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,477,186 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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