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    Passing Strange and Wonderful: Aesthetics Nature And Culture

    By Yi-Fu Tuan

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    In this rich and rewarding work, Yi-Fu Tuan vividly demonstrates that feeling and beauty are essential components of life and society. The aesthetic is not merely one aspect of culture but its central core -- both its driving force and its ultimate goal.Beginning with the individual and his physical world, Tuan's exploration progresses from the simple to the complex. His initial evaluation of the building blocks of aesthetic experience (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) develops gradually into a wide-ranging examination of the melaborate of human constructs, including art, architecture, literature, philosophy, music, and more.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIsland Press
    Release dateApr 24, 2013
    ISBN9781610912969
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