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Art and Enchantment

Art and Enchantment

Patrick Curry

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2023
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Teoría social
ISBN:
9781032404677
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Offering studies of painting, music, fiction and poetry, this book considers the experience of enchantment in art, drawing on the thought of philosophers, artists and sociological theorists to understand the complex relationship between wonder in art and the programmatic disenchantment to which it is often subject.

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