Undoing Aesthetics
Author | : Wolfgang Welsch |
Publisher | : SAGE Publications Limited |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015043805426 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Download or read book Undoing Aesthetics written by Wolfgang Welsch and published by SAGE Publications Limited. This book was released on 1997 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this discussion of the aesthetic in everyday life the aesthetic codes of advertising, architecture, the Internet and everyday images are used as examples of the disorientation which a multiplication of codes creates. Welsch proposes untangling the 'aestheticization of everyday life' and replacing it by more meaningful and durable categories.