Philosophy of the Arts An Introduction to Aesthetics

Is written in a wholly untechnical style and appeals to students of music, art history and literature as well as philosophy. Looks at a wide range of the arts from film, painting and architecture to fiction, music and poetry. Discusses a range of philosophical theories of thinkers such as Hume, Kant, Gaender, Collingwood, Derrida, Hegel and Croce. Contains regular summaries and suggestions for further reading. Philosophy of the Arts, second edition is a clear and rigorous introduction suitable to those coming to aesthetics or philosophy for the first time. Gordon's newGraham, Gordon is the author of 'Philosophy of the Arts An Introduction to Aesthetics', published 2000 under ISBN 9780415235648 and ISBN 0415235642.