1. Beauty (English): The Object of Longing 2. Sundara (Sanskrit): Whole, Holy 3. Yapha (Hebrew): The Shrine 4. Kalos (Greek): Fine, Noble 5. Wabi-Sabi (Japanese): Simplicity, Stillness, Imperfection 6. Hozho (Navajo): Health, Balance, Wholeness.
Crispin Sartwell teaches at Dickinson College. The author of several books, he is also a syndicated columnist whose work appears regularly in the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Los Angeles Times.
"Crispin Sartwell has written a classic book on experiencing the
world aesthetically. It is rich with real examples and personal
knowledge of the way each of the six names of beauty discloses a
different mode of beauty's meaning in human life. The book has the
clarity and acuity of philosophy at its best, without jargon or
dogma or the kind of heaviness that typically weighs down the
discussion of what should be marvelous to think about. I enjoyed it
greatly, and would recommend it as an antidote to those that
believe aesthetics is marginal or minor, and a treat for those who
realize that beauty is what gives value to life at its best."
-Arthur C. Danto, Johnsonian Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at
Columbia University, and author of "The Abuse of Beauty
"Crispin Sartwell not only speaks with a fresh and distinctive
voice, he says fresh and distinctive things. Pursuing the word for
beauty through six different cultures, Sartwell illuminates its
richness and breadth through a multitude of fascinating meditations
that range from the fine arts to the popular ones: from rock to
reggae, fireworks and perfume to Grunewald and Brueghel, from Plato
and Frege to Emerson and Confucius. Sartwell's commentaries are
perceptive and often profound but never pretentious, and his
personal, informal style is engaging. This book will fascinate the
reader who delights in curious but illuminating observations that
extend from everyday life and popular culture to philosophy and the
insights of non-Western traditions."
-Arnold Berleant, author of the forthcoming Re-thinking Aesthetics:
Rogue Essays on Aesthetics and the Arts.
"A small book with a large theme, "Six Names of Beauty invites
thereader to consider the nature of beauty by looking at it through
the prism of six different languages/cultures -- English, Hebrew,
Sanskrit, Greek, Japanese, and Navajo. Enlightening.."
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-"Art Times, Sept. 2004
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