The Garden as an Art (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780791413784)

In this book Miller challenges contemporary aesthetic theory to include gardens in an expanded definition of art. She provides a radical critique of three central tenets within current intellectual debate: first, the art historical notion that art should only be studied within the context of a single culture and period; second, the philosophical belief that art should be conceived as a discrete object unrelated to our survival as persons, as cultural communities, as a species; and third, the notion that all signifying systems are like language.

Author: Mara Miller
ISBN-10: 0791413780
ISBN-13: 9780791413784
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Language: English
Published: 07/01/1993
Pages: 233
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d