The aesthetics of everyday life, originally developed by Henri Lefebvre and other modernist theorists, is an extension of traditional aesthetics, usually confined to works of art. It is not limited to the study of humble objects but is rather concerned with all of the undeniably aesthetic experiences that arise when one contemplates objects or performs acts that are outside the traditional realm of aesthetics. It is concerned with the nature of the relationship between subject and object.
One significant aspect of everyday aesthetics is environmental aesthetics, whether constructed, as a building, or manipulated, as a landscape. Others, also discussed in the book, include sport, weather, smell and taste, and food.
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction by Jonathan M. Smith
- PART I Theorizing the Aesthetics of the Everyday
- 1. The Nature of Everyday Aesthetics
- 2. Ideas for a Social Aesthetic
- 3. On the Aesthetics of the Everyday: Familiarity, Strangeness, and the Meaning of Place
- 4. Danto and Baruchello: From Art to the Aesthetics of the Everyday
- PART II Appreciating the Everyday Environment
- 5. Building and the Naturally Unplanned
- 6. What Is the Correct Curriculum for Landscape?
- 7. Wim Wenders's Everyday Aesthetics
- PART III Finding the Everyday Aesthetic
- 8. Sport Viewed Aesthetically, and Even as Art?
- 9. The Aesthetics of Weather
- 10. Sniffing and Savoring: The Aesthetics of Smells and Tastes
- 11. How Can Food Be Art?
- About the Authors
- Index
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