Functional Beauty

Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press. Edited by Allen Carlson (2008)
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Abstract

Functional beauty in the aesthetic tradition -- Functional beauty in contemporary aesthetic theory -- Indeterminacy and the concept of function -- Function and form -- Nature and environment -- Architecture and the built environment -- Artefacts and everyday aesthetics -- The functions of art.

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