Designed for readers with no or little prior knowledge of the subject, this concise anthology brings together key texts in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Designed for readers with no or little prior knowledge of the subject. Presents two contrasting pieces on each of six topics. Designed for readers with no or little prior knowledge of the subject, this concise anthology brings together key texts in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Designed for readers with no or little prior knowledge of the subject. Presents two contrasting pieces on each of six topics. Sources and Acknowledgements viii Introduction 1(4) Art, Value, and Philosophy 5(51) Introduction to the Issues 5(1) Introduction to Plato 6(16) Republic, Book 10 (extract) 7(15) Plato Commentary on Plato 22(6) Introduction to Nietzsche 28(23) The Birth of Tragedy (extracts) 29(22) Friedrich Nietzsche Commentary on Nietzsche 51(5) Aesthetics, Art, and Nature 56(47) Introduction to the Issues 56(1) Introduction to Carroll 57(20) `Art and Interaction' 58(19) Noel Carroll Commentary on Carroll 77(4) Introduction to Hepburn 81(16) `Contemporary Aesthetics and the Neglect of Natural Beauty' (extracts) 82(15) R. W. Hepburn Commentary on Hepburn 97(6) Aesthetic Judgements 103(40) Introduction to the Issues 103(2) Introduction to Hume 105(16) `Of the Standard of Taste' 105(16) David Hume Commentary on Hume 121(6) Introduction to Kant 127(9) Critique of the Power of Judgment (extract) 128(8) Immanuel Kant Commentary on Kant 136(7) The Nature of Art 143(43) Introduction to the Issues 143(1) Introduction to Collingwood 144(15) The Principles of Art (extracts) 145(14) R. G. Collingwood Commentary on Collingwood 159(7) Introduction to Dickie 166(14) `The Institutional Theory of Art' 167(13) George Dickie Commentary on Dickie 180(6) Authors and Works 186(38) Introduction to the Issues 186(1) Introduction to Barthes 187(6) `The Death of the Author' 188(5) Roland Barthes Commentary on Barthes 193(4) Introduction to Danto 197(22) The Transfiguration of the Commonplace (extracts) 198(21) Arthur C. Danto Commentary on Danto 219(5) Depiction in Art 224(47) Introduction to the Issues 224(1) Introduction to Goodman 225(14) Languages of Art (extracts) 226(13) Nelson Goodman Commentary on Goodman 239(5) Introduction to Wollheim 244(22) Painting as an Art (extract) 245(21) Richard Wollheim Commentary on Wollheim 266(5) Further Reading 271(3) Index 274