Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art

This anthology provides comprehensive coverage of the majorcontributions of analytic philosophy to aesthetics and thephilosophy of art from the earliest beginnings in the 1950sto the present time. Traces the contributions of the analytic tradition toaesthetics and the philosophy of art from the 1950s to thepresent time. Designed as a comprehensive guide to the field it presents themost often-cited papers that students and researchersencounter. Addresses a wide range of topics including identifying art ontology intention and interpretation values of art aestheticproperties fictionality and the aesthetics of nature. Explores particular art forms including pictorial art literature music and the popular arts.