The Nature of Art

by Wartenberg, Thomas E.

• ISBN13: 9780155070349
• ISBN10: 0155070347
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-23
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Intended for aesthetics courses in philosophy departments, or philosophy of art and critical aesthetic theory courses in art departments, THE NATURE OF ART is a collection of 28 seminal, historically-organized readings that are focused on a basic philosophical question: What is Art? Including writings from the Western tradition as well as non-Western, minority, and feminist writings, this volume provides students with a rich set of resources to explore this matter both broadly and deeply. Introductions to each reading situate the selection amidst each respective thinker's body of work and the greater philosophical context in which the remarks arose. Reading questions for each reading draw students' attention to key points to be encountered. Hailed by reviewers for its clarity and rigor, Wartenberg's THE NATURE OF ART offers a lively and engaging introduction to the philosophy of art.

Table of Contents

1. Art as Imitation: Plato

2. Art as Cognition: Aristotle

3. Art as Representing Nature: Leon Battista Alberti

4. Art as Object of Taste: David Hume

5. Art as Communicable Pleasure: Immanuel Kant

6. Art as Revelation: Arthur Schopenhauer

7. Art as the Ideal: G

Hegel

8. Art as Redemption: Friedrich Nietzsche

9. Art as Communication of Feeling: Leo N

Tolstoy

10. Art as Symptom: Sigmund Freud

11. Art as Significant Form: Clive Bell

12. Art as Expression: R

Collingwood

13. Art as Experience: John Dewey

14. Art as Truth: Martin Heidegger

15. Art as Auratic: Walter Benjamin

16. Art as Liberator: Theodor Adorno

17. Art as Indefinable: Morris Weitz

18. Art as Exemplification: Nelson Goodman

19. Art as Theory: Arthur Danto

20. Art as Institution: George Dickie

21. Art as Aesthetic Production: Monroe Beardsley

22. Art as Text: Roland Barthes

23. Art as Fetish: Adrian Piper

24. Art as Deconstructable: Jacques Derrida

25. Art as Feminist: Hilde Hein

26. Art as Contextual: Dele Jegede

27. Art as Postcolonial: Kwame Anthony Appiah

28. Art as Virtual: Douglas Davis