aesthetics

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aesthetics

Symmetry

1989
Presents four lectures on the topic of symmetry, illuminating the variety of applications of the principle of symmetry in the arts and nature, and clarifying the philosophical-mathematical significance of the idea of symmetry.

Vital forms

American art in the atomic age, 1940-1960
2001
An examination of fine art and commercial design from 1940 to 1960, looking at how the art produced in the post-World War II era reflected concerns over the development of atomic power. Includes over two hundred illustrations.

The universe and the teacup

the mathematics of truth and beauty
1999
The author explains how math can be used to explain simple and complex things in our everyday lives.

Decades of beauty

[the changing image of women, 1890s-1990s]
1998
This book traces the major changes in the female image over the past century, one decade at a time, and focuses on the look that was in during each time period.

The hidden art of Hollywood

in defense of the studio era film
2008
Explores the grace and beauty of the Hollywood film by means of recorded interviews with the directors, writers, cinematographers, set designers, producers, and actors who were part of the studio process.

Six great ideas

truth, goodness, beauty, liberty, equality, justice : ideas we judge by, ideas we act on
1997
Explores the concepts of truth, goodness, beauty, liberty, equality, and justice as a basis for coping with the political, moral, and social issues of the modern world.

Classical literary criticism

2004
Presents seven classic philosophical works by Plato, Aristotle, Horace, and Longinus, and includes explanatory notes.

Art today

an introduction to the visual arts
1969

The universe and the teacup

the mathematics of truth and beauty
1998
Discusses the relevance of mathematics to most aspects of life, and directly relates ideas from math to problem solving in unusual places, such as whether there is life on Mars, and the Unabomber case.

Finding beauty in a broken world

2008
The naturalist author of Refuge and An Unspoken Hunger reflects on what it means to be human, the interconnection between the natural and human worlds, and how they combine to produce both tumult and peace, ugliness and beauty.

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