Arguing about Art : Contemporary Philosophical Debates

by Neill; Alex

• ISBN13: 9780415424516
• ISBN10: 0415424518
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-08
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Offering a unique 'debate' format, the third edition of the bestselling Arguing about Art is ideal for newcomers to aesthetics or philosophy of art. This lively collection presents an extensive range of short, clear introductions to each of the discussions which include: sentimentality appreciation interpretation understanding objectivity nature food horror. With revised introductions, updated suggestions for further reading and new sections on pornography and societies without art, Arguing About Art provides a stimulating and accessible anthology suitable for those coming to aesthetics for the first time. The book will also appeal to students of art history, literature, and cultural studies.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

The Art of Food?

Can we think of cooking as an art form and the dishes it produces as works of art?

What in the end makes a practice an art form and a product a work of art?

Elizabeth Telfer, aFood as Arta

Carolyn Korsmeyer, aThe Meaning of Taste and the Taste of Meaninga

The aAuthentica Performance of Music What is it to give an aauthentica performance of a piece of music?

Should a performance be faithful to the composer's artistic intentions?

Would an aauthentica performance have any aesthetic advantages?

Stephen Davies, aAuthenticity in Musical Performancea

James O. Young, aThe Concept of Authentic Performancea

Fakes and Forgeries Would we be justified in revising our aesthetic judgment of a work after learning that it is a fake?

In what ways does (or should) our knowledge that an artwork is an original bear upon our aesthetic valuation of it?

Alfred Lessing, aWhat is Wrong with a Forgery?a

Denis Dutton, aArtistic Crimesa

Rock Music and Culture What role does music play in a culture?

What does the widespread preference for rock music over classical music say about contemporary Western culture?

Roger Scruton, aThe Decline of Musical Culturea

Theodore Gracyk, aMusic's Worldly Uses, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and to Love Led Zeppelina

Appreciation, Understanding and Nature Are there correct and incorrect ways of appreciating nature and appreciating works of art?

How does our aesthetic appreciation of nature differ from our aesthetic appreciation of works of art?

Allen Carlson, aAesthetic Appreciation of the Natural Environmenta

Noil Carroll, aOn Being Moved By Nature

Between Religion and Natural

Historya

Malcolm Budd, aModels of Nature Appreciationa

Photography and Representation Are we interested in photographs for their own sake, or are we interested in photographs only for the sake of what they are photographs of?

Is photography a representational art form?

How does aesthetic appreciation of photographs differ from aesthetic appreciation of paintings?

Roger Scruton, aPhotography and Representationa

Dominic Lopes, aThe Aesthetics of Photographic Transparencya

Dawn M. Phillips, aThe Real Challenge for an Aesthetics of Photographya

Feelings and Fictions Fictional characters aren't real, so why should we care about what happens to them?

Are we genuinely moved by fictional events?

If so, how are our responses best understood?

Kendall Walton, aFearing Fictionallya

Alex Neill, aFiction and the Emotionsa

Enjoying Horror Why is it that we take such enjoyment in horror movies and novels?

Why would one seek out works which are apparently designed to make us experience feelings and emotions such as fear and revulsion?

Noil Carroll, aWhy Horror?a

Berys Gaut, aThe Paradox of Horrora

Sentimentality What makes an artwork, or a response to an artwork, sentimental?

Is sentimental art always bad art?

What makes sentimentality objectionable, when it is?

Is sentimentality ever appropriate in a work or a response?

Anthony Savile, aSentimentalitya

Ira Newman, aThe Alleged Unwholesomeness of Sentimentalitya

David Pugmire, aSentimentality and Truthfulnessa

Pornography and Erotica

Is there a difference bet

Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.