Dance, art, and aesthetics / Betty Redfern.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 120-124.

Preface -- Ch. 1 Introduction -- Ch. 2 What is aesthetics? -- Ch. 3 The Aesthetics of Dance -- Ch. 4 What is Art? -- Ch. 5 Art and Aesthetic Experience -- Ch. 6 Aesthetic Qualities: The 'objectivist' account -- Ch. 7 Aesthetic Experience -- Ch. 8 Justifying Aesthetic Appraisals -- Bibliography -- Index.

"Aesthetic enquiry in the realm of dance is notoriously sparse, and one of the questions considered here is why this might be. Although designed chiefly for those with an interest in dance activities, however, this is a book likely to be useful to anyone seeking an introduction to aesthetics who may have only a limited background in formal philosophy.
Drawing on some of the work of well-known writers in the field, it aims, first, to represent a section of topics in aesthetics in such a way as to highlight the wider philosophical problems involved - problems to do with meaning and definition, perception, imagination, etc. - and, secondly, to look in more detail at notions such as 'disinterested contemplation', 'form', and enjoying something 'for it's own sake'.
Some of the major arguments conducted in recent years in connection with long-standing questions about the nature of art, aesthetic concepts, and the justification of aesthetic appraisals, are examined; but the less widely-discussed question of the nature of the connection between art and the aesthetic is also explored, especially in the light of developments in Post Modern art." -- Book Jacket.