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Only a promise of happiness : the place of beauty in a world of art
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Only a promise of happiness : the place of beauty in a world of art

Alexander Nehamas

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Plato or Schopenhauer?
A feature of appearance?
Modernist voices
Modernist appropriations
Criticism and value
The role of reviewing
Beauty, love, friendship
Beauty, attractiveness, evolution
Art, beauty, desire
Beauty, community, universality
Uniformity, style, distinction
Aesthetics, directness, individuality
Love and death in Venice
Manet's Olympia
Interpretation, breadth, depth
Interpretation, beauty, goodness
Beauty, uncertainty, happiness.

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Only a promise of happiness : the place of beauty in a world of art by Alexander Nehamas. ISBN 9780691095219. Published by Princeton University Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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