Seeking Beauty in Art: Some Implications of a Thomistic Statement about Glass Saws
Starting from a statement of Thomas Aquinas to the effect that even though a saw made of glass would be more beautiful than one made of iron, it would not fulfil its artistic end, it is argued that we have largely lost an awareness that the fine arts in their pursuit of beauty must also have a conne...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2011
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New blackfriars
Year: 2011, Volume: 92, Issue: 1040, Pages: 431-442 |
| Further subjects: | B
Beauty
B Music B Thomas Aquinas B Poetry B Species B Culture |
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