Aesthetics

David Goldblatt is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Denison University, the author of Art and Ventriloquism in Routledge’s Critical Voices Series, and co-editor of The Aesthetics of Architecture: Philosophical Investigations into the Art of Building, and has written numerous essays in the academic and popular press. Lee B. Brown (1932–2014) was Professor of Philosophy at The Ohio State University and the author of many articles on a wide range of philosophical subjects, including popular music, recorded music, and jazz.Stephanie Patridge is a Professor of Philosophy at Otterbein University. Her research focuses on aesthetic properties, and moral evaluation in imaginative contexts.

• Table of contentsAcknowledgements for the 4th EditionGeneral IntroductionPart 1: Painting Against ImitationPlatoThe Limits of LikenessErnst Gombrich Reality RemadeNelson Goodman The "Perfect" FakeNelson GoodmanArtistic CrimesDenis DuttonForm in Modern PaintingClive BellA Formal AnalysisEdmund Burke Feldman Intentional Visual InterestMichael Baxandall Works of Art and Mere Real ThingsArthur C. Danto The Origin of the Work of ArtMartin HeideggerWhy Are There No Great Women Artists? Linda Nochlin Painting and EthicsA. W. EatonArt and CorruptionDavid Alfaro SiqueirosPart II: Photography and Moving Pictures The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical ReproductionWalter Benjamin Transparent PicturesKendall L. WaltonWhy Photography Does Not Represent ArtisticallyRoger Scruton The Hubble Photographs as Aesthetic ObjectsFlo LeibowitzArchitectural Photography: The "Urban Photogénie" of ArchitainmentJennifer BurrisHow Beauty MattersPeg Brand WeiserAllegory of the CavePlato Towards an Ontology of the Moving ImageNoël CarrollMoving PicturesArthur C. DantoWoman as Image, Man as Bearer of the LookLaura Mulvey Beauty and Evil: The Case of Leni RiefenstahlMary Devereaux The Last King of Scotland: The Ethics of Race on FilmPaul C. TaylorPart III: Architecture The Problem of ArchitectureRoger Scruton Home is Where the Heart Is: Taking Architecture PersonallyEdward Winters Ornament and Crime: TattoosAdolf Loos Towards an ArchitectureLe CorbusierArchitecture as Decorated ShelterRobert Venturi and Denise Scott BrownA Discussion of Architecture (with Christopher Norris)Jacque Derrida How to Experience ArchitectureJenefer RobinsonSpectacular vs. Deferential Art Museums in the Twenty-First Century Larry Shiner Architectural GhostsJeanette BicknellDigital Architecture and the New EleganceHina JamellePart IV: MusicOn the Concept of MusicJerrold Levinson Ontology of MusicBen Caplan and Carl Matheson Making Tracks: The Ontology of Rock MusicAndrew KaniaIs Live Music Dead?Lee B. BrownThe Expression of Emotion in MusicStephen Davies Representation in MusicRoger ScrutonSound and SemblancePeter Kivy African MusicJohn Miller ChernoffJazz and LanguageRobert KrautA Topography of Musical ImprovisationPhilip AlpersonFakin’ It: Is There Authenticity in Commercial Music? Theodore Gracyk Can White People Sing the Blues? Joel Rudinow Social Consciousness in Dancehall ReggaeAnita M. Waters Part V: Literature What is Literature? Terry EagletonThe Poetic Expression of Emotion R. G. Collingwood The Paradox of ExpressionGarry L. HagbergThe Intention of the AuthorMonroe C. Beardsley What is an Author? Michel Foucault Criticism as RetrievalRichard Wollheim Beneath InterpretationRichard Shusterman The Art of WritingLu ChiHow to Eat a Chinese PoemRichard W. Bodman Imagination and Make-BelieveGregory CurriePart VI: PerformanceIonPlatoOn TragedyAristotleThe Birth of TragedyFriedrich NietzscheWhat Is Going On in a Dance? Monroe C. Beardsley Working and Dancing: A Reponse to Monroe Beardsley's "What is Going On in a Dance?"Noël Carroll and Sally BanesAppreciating Dance: The View from the AudienceAili Bresnahan Literature as a Performing ArtJ. O. UrmsonThe Artwork as PerformanceDavid Davies Why (Not) Philosophy of Stand-up Comedy?Sheila Lintott Ventriloquism and ArtDavid GoldblattMagic: The Art of the ImpossibleJason Leddington Part VII: Mass Art Defining Mass ArtNoël CarrollPlato and the Mass MediaAlexander Nehamas Adorno’s Case Against Popular MusicLee B. Brown In Defense of Popular ArtsRichard Shusterman Television and AestheticsUmberto EcoRelating Comics, Cartoons, and AnimationHenry John Pratt Videogames, Interactivity and ArtGrant TavinorIs It Only a Game? The Ethics of Video Game PlayStephanie Patridge Part VIII: Nature and Everyday Aesthetics Aesthetic Appreciation of the Natural EnvironmentAllen CarlsonEveryday AestheticsYuriko Saito Kitsch Robert SolomonThe Aesthetics of JunkyardsThomas Leddy Nonsense in Public Places: Songs of Black Vocal Rhythm and Blues or Doo-WopDavid GoldblattStreet ArtSondra BacharachJokesTed Cohen Racist Humor Luvell Anderson A Sensible Antiporn Feminism A. W. EatonFalling in Lust: Sexiness, Feminism, and PornographyHans MaesPart IX: Art in General Of the Standard of TasteDavid HumeThe SublimeEdmund Burke Judgments about the BeautifulImmanuel KantThe Philosophy of Fine ArtG. W. F. HegelAesthetic ConceptsFrank Sibley Categories of ArtKendall L. Walton The Role of Theory in AestheticsMorris Weitz Art and Natural SelectionDenis Dutton Feminism in ContextPeg Brand Weiser Contributors

"This 4th Edition offers broad coverage of many fascinating contemporary topics while also including some of the key works in the history of aesthetics. This text demonstrates the vibrancy of aesthetics today without losing sight of its past."--Christopher Bartel, Appalachian State University"I’ve long considered Aesthetics: A Reader in Philosophy of the Arts to be the best collection for undergraduate philosophy of art classes because of the breadth of its readings, and because of its excellent coverage of recent debates in the arts. The fourth edition builds on these strengths, expanding its coverage of contemporary topics."--Joshua Shaw, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College"The editors have have imaginatively selected essays both canonical and offbeat from diverse traditions. This anthology would be engaging and accessible to undergraduates of all levels and majors, as it shows the importance of Aesthetics to everyday life, as well as to philosophy and culture. It is an outstanding new contribution to the pedagogical literature in the field."--Carol S. Gould, Florida Atlantic University