Introduction to the Philosophy of Art

A clear and compact survey of philosophical theories of the nature and value of art, in a new, expanded edition.

List of contents

Preface; 1. The situation and tasks of the philosophy of art; 2. Representation, imitation, and resemblance; 3. Beauty and form; 4. Expression; 5. Originality and imagination; 6. Understanding art; 7. Identifying and evaluating art; 8. Art and emotion; 9. Art and morality; 10. Art and society: some contemporary practices of art; 11. Epilogue: the evidence of things not seen.

About the author

Richard Eldridge is Charles and Harriett Cox McDowell Professor of Philosophy at Swarthmore College. He is the author of five books, including most recently Literature, Life, and Modernity (2008), and the editor of four volumes, including The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Literature (2009) and (with Bernard Rhie) Stanley Cavell and Literary Studies: Consequences of Skepticism (2011).

Product details

• Authors: Richard Eldridge
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.03.2014
• EAN: 9781107041691
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04169-1
• No. of pages: 326
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy; Cambridge Introductions to Phi; Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, Theory of art, The arts: general issues, Philosophy, Philosophy: aesthetics