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Reading aesthetics and philosophy of art : selected texts with interactive commentary / Christopher Janaway.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005Description: ix,281p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1405118075 (alk. paper)
  • 1405118083 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 111.85 22
LOC classification:
  • BH39 .R343 2005
Contents:
1. Art, value, and philosophy -- Introduction to Plato -- Republic, book 10 (extract) / Plato -- Commentary on Plato -- Introduction to Nietzsche -- The birth of tragedy (extracts) / Friedrich Nietzsche -- Commentary on Nietzsche -- 2. Aesthetics, art and nature -- Introduction to Carroll -- 'Art and interaction' / Noel Carroll -- Commentary on Carroll -- Introduction to Hepburn -- 'Contemporary aesthetics and the neglect of natural beauty' (extracts) / R. W. Hepburn -- Commentary on Hepburn -- 3. Aesthetic judgements -- Introduction to Hume -- 'Of the standard of taste' / David Hume -- Commentary on Hume -- Introduction to Kant -- Critique of the power of judgment (extract) / Immanuel Kant -- Commentary on Kant -- 4. The nature of art -- Introduction to Collingwood -- The principles of art (extracts) / R. G. Collingwood -- Commentary on Collingwood -- Introduction to Dickie -- 'The institutional theory of art' / George Dickie -- Commentary on Dickie -- 5. Authors and works -- Introduction to Barthes -- 'The death of the author' / Roland Barthes -- Commentary on Barthes -- Introduction to Danto -- The transfiguration of the commonplace (extracts) / Arthur C. Danto -- Commentary on Danto -- 6. Depiction in art -- Introduction to Goodman -- Languages of art (extracts) / Nelson Goodman -- Commentary on Goodman -- Introduction to Wollheim -- Painting as an art (extract) / Richard Wollheim -- Commentary on Wollheim.
Review: "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 Plato's famous critique of art in the Republic, through Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy, to Barthes' 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 explains the argumentative and historical context in which the piece was written, and draws out related methodological issues. Where relevant, the editor also highlights concerns about the nature of the subject, suggesting that much of what is discussed under the label 'aesthetics' is, in fact, better termed 'philosophy of art'. For each topic, questions for debate and a short annotated bibliography are provided."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Art, value, and philosophy -- Introduction to Plato -- Republic, book 10 (extract) / Plato -- Commentary on Plato -- Introduction to Nietzsche -- The birth of tragedy (extracts) / Friedrich Nietzsche -- Commentary on Nietzsche -- 2. Aesthetics, art and nature -- Introduction to Carroll -- 'Art and interaction' / Noel Carroll -- Commentary on Carroll -- Introduction to Hepburn -- 'Contemporary aesthetics and the neglect of natural beauty' (extracts) / R. W. Hepburn -- Commentary on Hepburn -- 3. Aesthetic judgements -- Introduction to Hume -- 'Of the standard of taste' / David Hume -- Commentary on Hume -- Introduction to Kant -- Critique of the power of judgment (extract) / Immanuel Kant -- Commentary on Kant -- 4. The nature of art -- Introduction to Collingwood -- The principles of art (extracts) / R. G. Collingwood -- Commentary on Collingwood -- Introduction to Dickie -- 'The institutional theory of art' / George Dickie -- Commentary on Dickie -- 5. Authors and works -- Introduction to Barthes -- 'The death of the author' / Roland Barthes -- Commentary on Barthes -- Introduction to Danto -- The transfiguration of the commonplace (extracts) / Arthur C. Danto -- Commentary on Danto -- 6. Depiction in art -- Introduction to Goodman -- Languages of art (extracts) / Nelson Goodman -- Commentary on Goodman -- Introduction to Wollheim -- Painting as an art (extract) / Richard Wollheim -- Commentary on Wollheim.

"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 Plato's famous critique of art in the Republic, through Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy, to Barthes' 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 explains the argumentative and historical context in which the piece was written, and draws out related methodological issues. Where relevant, the editor also highlights concerns about the nature of the subject, suggesting that much of what is discussed under the label 'aesthetics' is, in fact, better termed 'philosophy of art'. For each topic, questions for debate and a short annotated bibliography are provided."--BOOK JACKET.

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