How do the arts give us pleasure? Covering a very wide range of artistic works; from Auden to David Lynch; Rembrandt to Edward Weston; and Richard Strauss to Keith Jarrett; Pleasure and the Arts offers us an explanation of our enjoyable emotional engagements with literature; music; and painting. The arts direct us to intimate and particularized relationships; with the people represented in the works; or with those we imagine produced them. When we listen to music; look at a purely abstract painting; or drink a glass of wine; can we enjoy the experience without verbalizing our response? Do our interpretative assumptions; our awareness of technique; and our attitudes to fantasy; get in the way of our appreciation of art; or enhance it? Examining these questions and more; we discover how curiosity drives us to enjoy narratives; ordinary jokes; metaphors; and modernist epiphanies; and how narrative in all the arts can order and provoke intense enjoyment. Pleasurable in its own right; Pleasure and the Arts presents a sparkling explanation of the enduring interest of artistic expression.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Love it!By Book CarpenterSince I grew up in East Rockaway; I loved seeing the pictures of familiar locations and reading about its history. East Rockaway was the perfect place for a kid to grow up; with the pleasant people and water all around. Going through this book brought back nice memories and told me things I had never known about the town.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Patricia A. NelsonGreat book. Have given it to several friends who grew up in East a Rockaway; NY0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Fantastic! I loved reading about ancestors from the old ...By Lon DavisonFantastic! I loved reading about ancestors from the old days and took pride in the pictures submitted by my dad. Thanks!
