Environment and the Arts : Perspectives on Environmental Aesthetics (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction: Art, environment and the shaping of experience, Arnold Berleant; Data and theory in aesthetics: philosophical understanding and misunderstanding, Ronald W. Hepburn; The two aesthetic cultures: the great analogy of art and the environment, YrjA¶ SepA¤nmaa; Art and nature: the interplay of works of art and natural phenomena, Arto Haapala; Nature appreciation and the question of aesthetic relevance, Allen Carlson; Embodied metaphors, Kaia Lehari; Urban richness and the art of building, Pauline von Bonsdorff; Front yards, Kevin Melchionne; Aesthetics, ethics and the natural environment, Emily Brady; From beauty to duty: aesthetics of nature and environmental ethics, Holmes Rolston; Embodied music, Arnold Berleant; Dot.com Dot.edu: technology and environmental aesthetics in Japan, Barbara Sandrisser; Environmental directions for aesthetics and the arts, Yuriko Saito; Index.