The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics is the most authoritative survey of thecentral issues in contemporary aesthetics available. The volume featureseighteen newly ... » 

The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics is the most authoritative survey of thecentral issues in contemporary aesthetics available. The volume featureseighteen newly commissioned papers on the evaluation of art the interpretationof art and many other forms of art such as literature movies and music.Provides a guide to the central traditional and cutting edge issues inaesthetics today. Written by a distinguished cast of contributors includingPeter Kivy George Dickie No235l Carroll Paul Guyer Ted Cohen MarciaEaton Joseph Margolis Berys Gaut Nicholas Wolterstrorff Susan Feagin PeterLamarque Stein Olsen Francis Sparshott Alan Goldman Jenefer Robinson MaryMothersill Donald Crawford Philip Alperson Laurent Stern and Amie Thomasson.Functions as the ideal text for undergraduate and graduate courses inaesthetics art theory and philosophy of art. «