Beauty and the Contemporary Sublime |
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| Author:
| Gilbert-Rolfe, Jeremy |
| ISBN: | 978-1-58115-037-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1999 |
| Publisher: | Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Allworth Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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This text offers a provocative critique of beauty in interaction with the contemporary notion of the sublime. Refuting established views, the author considers beauty as glamor, related to a sublime now found in technology and capitalism rather than in nature.
This text offers a provocative critique of beauty in interaction with the contemporary notion of the sublime. Refuting established views, the author considers beauty as glamor, related to a sublime now found in technology and capitalism rather than in nature.