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Reading Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art Selected Texts with Interactive Commentary

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ISBN-10: 1405118083

ISBN-13: 9781405118088

Edition: 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Christopher Janaway

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Designed for readers with no or little prior knowledge of the subject, this concise anthology brings together key texts in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Two contrasting views are presented on each of six topics, with the texts either reprinted in their entirety or extracted where appropriate. They range from Platorsquo;s famous critique of art in the Republic, through Nietzschersquo;s The Birth of Tragedy, to Barthesrsquo; The Death of the Author, and pieces in recent philosophical aesthetics from a number of traditions. Each of the texts is accompanied by interactive editorial commentary, helping the reader to engage with the philosophical train of thought. The commentary…    
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Book details

List price: $40.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/7/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.82" wide x 9.70" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Sources and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Art, value, and philosophy
Introduction to the issues
Introduction to Plato
Plato, Republic, Book 10 (extract)
Commentary on Plato
Introduction to Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy (extracts)
Commentary on Nietzsche
Aesthetics, art, and nature
Introduction to the issues
Introduction to Carroll
No�l Carroll, �Art and Interaction�
Commentary on Carroll
Introduction to Hepburn
R.W. Hepburn, �Contemporary Aesthetics and the Neglect of Natural Beauty�
Commentary on Hepburn
Aesthetic judgements
Introduction to the issues
Introduction to Hume
David Hume, �Of the Standard of Taste�
Commenatary on Hume
Introduction to Kant
Immanuel Kant, Critique of the Power of Judgment (extract)
Commentary on Kant
Definitions of art
Introduction to the issues
Introduction to Collingwood
R.G. Collingwood, The Principles of Art (extracts)
Commentary on Collingwood
Introduction to Dickie
George Dickie, �The Institutional Theory of Art�
Commentary on Dickie
Authors and works
Introduction to the issues
Introduction to Barthes
Roland Barthes, �The Death of the Author�
Commentary on Barthes
Introduction to Danto
Arthur C. Danto, The Transfiguration of the Commonplace (extracts)
Commentary on Danto
Depiction in art
Introduction to the issues
Introduction to Goodman
Nelson Goodman, Languages of Art (extracts)
Commentary on Goodman
Introduction to Wollheim
Richard Wollheim, Painting as an Art (extract)
Commentary on Wollheim
Further Reading
Index