
The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture
- 498 pages
- English
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The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture
About this book
Comprising 45 chapters, written especially for this volume by an international team of leading experts, The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture is the first handbook of its kind. The editors have organized the chapters across eight broader sections:
- Artforms
- History
- Questions of form, style, and address
- Art and science
- Comparisons among the arts
- Questions of value
- Philosophers of art
- Institutional questions
Individual topics include art and cognitive science, evolutionary origins of art, art and perception, pictorial realism, artistic taste, style, issues of race and gender, art and religion, art and philosophy, and the end of art. The work of selected philosophers is also discussed, including Diderot, Hegel, Ruskin, Gombrich, Goodman, Wollheim, and Danto. With an introduction from the editors and comprehensively indexed, The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture serves as a point of entry to the subject for a broad range of students as well as an up-to-date reference for scholars in the field.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Artforms
- Part II History
- Part III Questions of Form, Style, and Address
- Part IV Art and Science
- Part V Comparisons among the Arts
- Part VI Questions of Value
- Part VII Philosophers of Art
- Part VIII Institutional Questions
- Index