Aesthetic Principles: A New Edition

Author: Yang Xin
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book is a rewritten version based on "Principles of Aesthetics," incorporating the author's achievements in teaching and research over the past decade. The book consists of 17 chapters (accompanied by 33 illustrations that embody aesthetic beauty) and is guided by the practical viewpoint of Marxism. It starts from the concepts of truth, goodness, and beauty, interspersed with a wealth of vivid materials to provide an in-depth analysis of the essential characteristics of beauty and its special manifestations in various fields (social beauty, natural beauty, artistic beauty, formal beauty). It also offers a detailed elaboration and introduction on the nature of aesthetic perception, psychological factors of aesthetic perception, the individuality and universality of aesthetic perception, aesthetic education, and the main schools of modern Western aesthetic psychology. This book is suitable for philosophy majors in colleges and universities.