Imperfectionist aesthetics in art and everyday life. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Peter Cheyne.
• Editors: Cheyne, Peter
• Contents: 1. Imperfectionist Aesthetics, Broadening the Field and Clarifying the Definition Peter Cheyne I. Imperfection Across the Arts and Culture 2. Imperfectionist Aesthetics and the Inclusionist Ethos Peter Cheyne 3. Imperfection and the Unfinished Work Andy Hamilton 4. Art Proper, Perfectionism, and the Sacred Arts Gordon Graham II. Music 5. Revisiting the Aesthetics of Imperfection after Thirty-Five Years Ted Gioia 6. Close Enough for Jazz: Imperfection and Jazz Improvisation David Wild 7. A Social Aesthetics and Ethics of Imperfection: Insights from Karnatak Music, Jazz and Free Improvisation Lara Pearson III. Visual and Theatrical Arts 8. The Necessity of Imperfection: Philip Guston in the 1950s Karen Lang 9. Thai Theatre and the Interplay of Perfection and Imperfection Sirithorn Siriwan and Sarawanee Sukhumvada 10. Wabi-Sabi Aesthetic and Joseph Beuys’ Badewanne (1960) Eda Keskin IV. Literature 11. The Aesthetics of Weeds: A Case in Junzaburō Nishiwaki Kaz Oishi and Yasuo Kobayashi 12. The Poetics of Ruins: Matsuo Basho and Nathaniel Hawthorne, A Comparative Study Gregory Dunne 13. The Aesthetics of Perfection and Imperfection in Iris Murdoch’s An Accidental Man Fiona Tomkinson 14. The Triumph of Imperfection: Yeats’s ‘Among School Children’ Joseph S. O’Leary V. Everyday Life 15. The Role of Imperfection in Consumer Aesthetics Yuriko Saito 16. Imperfection and the Politics of Realism Thomas Docherty 17. Everyday Encounters with Aesthetic Imperfection and Perfection James Kirwan 18. Aesthetic Imperfection and Ethical Edification Lucas Scripter 19. Collecting What? Collecting as an Everyday Aesthetic Act Laura Di Summa VI. Body, Self, and the Person 20. Bodies, Functions, and Imperfections Sherri Irvin 21. Imperfection as a Vehicle for Fat Visibility in Popular Media Cheryl Frazier 22. Imperfection and Beauty of Character Glenn Parsons 23. The Self, Perfectionism, and the Value of Imperfection Christopher Hamilton VII. Urban Environments 24. Street Art, Graffiti, and Tags: The Value of Imperfection in Urban Aesthetics Andrea Baldini 25. The Aesthetics of Imperfection and Architectural Design for Memorial Sites: Four Documentation Centres on National Socialism in Germany Rumiko Handa 26. Urban Experience as Aesthetic Compromise Sanna Lehtinen 27. Grit and Urban (Im)Perfection Renee Conroy. Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 001.9; Ideals (Aesthetics); Perfection; Imperfection
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000829143; 9781000829082
• Related ISBNs: 9781032164557; 9781032170091
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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