Aesthetics A Reader in Philosophy of the Arts

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Painting .........3 Against imitation .....6 The Limits of Likeness....10 Reality remade ......15 The perfect fake .......17 Artistic Crimes .......19 Form in Modern Painting ......23 A formal Analysis ............26 Intentional Visual Interest .........30 Works of Art and Mere real Things........35 The origin of the work of Art ......40 Why are there no great women artists.........46 Painting and Ethics ..........52 Art and Corruption ...........58 2. Photography and Moving pictures The work of art in the age of Mechanical Reproduction .......66 Transparent Picture ......70 Why photography does not represent artistically ........77 The hubble photographs as Aesthetic Objects ....81 Arthitectural photography: The urban Photogenie of Architainment ........86 How beauty matters ....94 Allegory of the Cave ......98 Towards an Ontology of the Moving image .....101 Moving pictures ..........113 Woman as image, Man as bearer of the Look ......119 Beauty, and Evil: The case of Leni Riefenstall.......125 The last king of Scotland : The ethics of Race on Film ............130 3. Architecture .......135 The problem of Architecture ...........137 Home is where the heart is : Taking architecture personally ......142 Ornament and crime : Tattoos ............149 Towards an Architecture ..........153 Architecture as decorated shelter .....156 A discussion of Architecture .......162 How to experience architecture ...........170 Spectacular vs. Deferential art Museums in the twenty-first century ........174 Architectural Ghosts ............179 Digital Architecture and the new Elegance ............185 4. Music On the concept of Music ...........102 Ontology of Music ........196 Making tracks : The ontology of Rock Music ..202 Is live music Dead ........207 The expression of Emotions in Music ........213 Representation in music ...219 Sound and Semblance .......224 African Music ......229 Jazz and Language ...........233 A topography of Musical Improvisation ......238 Fakin it: Is there authenticity in Commercial Music?........244 Can white people sing the blues .......250 Social Consciousness in Dancehall Reggae.......256 5. Literature What is literature ........265 The poetic Expression of Emotion ..........270 The paradox of Expression .......274 The intention of the Auther .......279 What is an Author ........284 What is an Author.......284 Criticism as Retrieval .......289 Beneth interpretation ...294 The art of writing .....300 How to eat a Chinese poem ........305 Imagination and Make- Believe ..........312 6. Performance Ion ..........320 On tragedy .......327 The birth of Tragedy .....330 What is going on in a Dance ........335 Working and Dancing : A response to monroe beardsley`s what is going on in a dance ..........342 Appreciating dance : The view from the audience ............347 Literature as a Performing art ..........351 The artwork as performance ..........357 Why philosophy of Stand up comedy ........362 Ventriloquism and art .........367 Magic: The art of the impossible .........373 7. Mas Art Defining mass art ........381 Plato and the Mass media .......387 Adorno`s Case against popular music .......392 8. Nature and everyday Aesthetics ..........425 9. Art in General ........481