01260nam a2200289 a 4500 EDZ0000075099 StDuBDS 20150804193922.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 091203s2008 enk fo 001 0 eng d 9780191709296 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS BH39 111.85 22 Parsons, Glenn. Functional beauty [electronic resource] / Glenn Parsons and Allen Carlson. Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2008. 1 online resource (xiii, 255 p.) The authors examine the relationship between function and aesthetic value. They develop the concept of functional beauty drawing on work in the philosophy of science as well as aesthetics, and show its importance in diverse kinds of aesthetic appreciation - of buildings, nature, everyday objects and events. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Aesthetics. Carlson, Allen. Print version 9780199205240 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199205240.001.0001 36684 36684