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Sight and Sensibility: Evaluating Pictures

By Dominic McIver Lopes (NHC Fellow, 2000–01)

Aesthetics; Art Theory; Visual Arts

New York: Oxford University Press, 2005

From the publisher’s description:

Images have power--for good or ill. They may challenge us to see things anew and, in widening our experience, profoundly change who we are. The change can be ugly, as with propaganda, or enriching, as with many works of art. Sight and Sensibility explores the impact of images on what we know, how we see, and the moral assessments we make. Dominic Lopes shows how these are part of, not separate from, the aesthetic appeal of images. His book will be essential reading for anyone working in aesthetics and art theory, and for all those intrigued by the power of images to affect our lives.

Subjects
Art / Philosophy / Aesthetics / Art Theory / Visual Arts /

Lopes, Dominic McIver (NHC Fellow, 2000–01). Sight and Sensibility: Evaluating Pictures. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.