Interview with Yrjö Sepänmaa

Authors

  • Guðbjörg R. Jóhannesdóttir
  • Yrjö Sepänmaa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/nja.v34i69.160653

References

1 Arthur Danto, “Artworks and real things,” Theoria 39, no. 1-3 (1973): 1-17.

2 George Dickie, Art and the Aesthetic (Cornell University Press, 1974).

3 Markku Envall, Arne Kinnunen and Yrjö Sepänmaa, eds., Estetiikan kentta [The Aesthetic Field] (WSOY, 1972).

4 George Dickie, Aesthetics: An Introduction (Pegasus, 1971).

5 Aarne Kinnunen and Yrjö Sepänmaa, eds., Ympäristöestetiikka [Environmental Aesthetics] (Gaudeamus, 1981).

6 Barry Saddler and Allen Carlson, Environmental Aesthetics: Essays in Interpretation, Western Geographical Series, Vol. 20 (University of Victoria, Department of Geography, 1982).

7 Ossi Naukkarinen and Olli Immonen, eds., Art and Beyond: Finnish Approaches to Aesthetics (International Institute of Applied Aesthetics and The Finnish Society for Aesthetics, 1995).

8 Yrjö Sepänmaa, The Beauty of Environment: A General Model for Environmental Aesthetics (Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 1986; second edition Environmental Ethics Books, 1993).

9 Yrjö Sepänmaa, Ympäristöestetiikan tulevaisuus ja esteettinen ympäristösivistys: Elämäni esteetikkona [The Future of Environmental Aesthetics and Environmental Aesthetic Civility] (Finnish Society of Aesthetics Publication Series: 4, 2023), http://hdl. handle.net/10138/359529 The book came out in print in 2024 (Books on Demand).

10 Anna Estarriola, The System, 2017, accessed May 19, 2025, https://www.annaestarriola.com/works/ the-system.

11 Monroe C. Beardsley, “Aesthetic welfare,” Journal of Aesthetic Education 4, no. 4 (1970): 9-20.

12 Yrjö Sepänmaa, Kauneuden käsite ja Ympäristö kokonaistaideteoksena [The Concept of Beauty & Environment as a Total Work of Art] (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, 1991).

13 Arnold Berleant, The Social Aesthetics of Human Environments: Critical Themes (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023).

14 Yrjö Sepänmaa, Liisa Heikkilä-Palo and Virpi Kaukio, eds., Maiseman kanssa kasvokkain [Face to Face with the Landscape] (Maahenki, 2007).

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Published

2025-10-31

How to Cite

Jóhannesdóttir, G. R., & Sepänmaa, Y. (2025). Interview with Yrjö Sepänmaa. The Nordic Journal of Aesthetics, 34(69). https://doi.org/10.7146/nja.v34i69.160653

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Special Section: Aesthetics, Ethics, and Relational Being