{"product_id":"worlds-of-appearance-walead-beshty-9780226845340","title":"Worlds of Appearance: An Introduction to Aesthetics in Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn accessible primer on aesthetics in art and everyday life, written by artist and scholar Walead Beshty. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this general guide to the foundations of aesthetics, Walead Beshty introduces the complexities of aesthetics through succinct language and real-world examples, presenting an introductory theory of how the world becomes known to us through our senses and how that knowledge in turn builds our experience of everything around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidering aesthetics on both a practical and a theoretical level, \u003ci\u003eWorlds of Appearance\u003c\/i\u003e asserts that art and aesthetics are inherently political, composing a fundamental form of communication and a means by which we can imagine the very nature of what can be experienced, sensed, and expressed. Aesthetics, argues Beshty, is a corporeal and material area of study, one that reveals how we perceive the world and how we develop technologies in response. With this book, he aims to fill a gap in existing writing about aesthetics, offering a clear explanation of how it acts as a dynamic force in our daily lives, how it functions on a concrete level, and how we can understand its possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with how we transform a flood of sensations into a coherent perception of the world, the book considers the basics of aesthetic production and reception, then moves on to look at specific examples of aesthetics in practice, with a focus on art, architecture, and performance. It concludes by laying out how aesthetic literacy is key to understanding the production of wide-ranging aspects of our lives, including digitization, mass media, systems of communications, and power relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walead Beshty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226845346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226845340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Walead Beshty","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50546700747007,"sku":"9780226845340","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cef7364c-c29c-4501-9f26-f36b35fc4ed9.jpg?v=1790538908","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/worlds-of-appearance-walead-beshty-9780226845340","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}