Contents

1. Cover Page
2. Title Page
3. Copyright Page
4. Acknowledgments
5. Dedication
6. Contents
7. Preface
8. General Bibliography
9. I. First Thoughts
   1. Bibliography
10. II. Plato
    1. Art and Imitation
    2. Beauty
    3. Morality
    4. Bibliography
11. III. Aristotle
    1. The Proper Pleasure of Tragedy
    2. Aristotle’s Answer to Plato
    3. Bibliography
12. IV. The Later Classical Philosophers
    1. Hellenism and Roman Classicism
    2. Plotinus
    3. Bibliography
13. V. The Middle Ages
    1. St. Augustine
    2. St. Thomas Aquinas
    3. The Theory of Interpretation
    4. Bibliography
14. VI. The Renaissance
    1. Neoplatonism
    2. Theory of Painting
    3. Music and Poetry
    4. Bibliography
15. VII. The Enlightenment: Cartesian Rationalism
    1. Poetics
    2. Theory of Painting and Music
    3. Toward a Unified Aesthetics
    4. Bibliography
16. VIII. The Enlightenment: Empiricism
    1. Imagination and Artistic Creation
    2. The Problem of Taste: Shaftesbury to Hume
    3. The Aesthetic Qualities: Hogarth to Alison
    4. Bibliography
17. IX. German Idealism
    1. Immanuel Kant
    2. Objective Idealism
    3. Bibliography
18. X. Romanticism
    1. The Aesthetics of Feeling
    2. Theories of the Imagination
    3. Schopenhauer and Nietzsche
    4. Bibliography
19. XI. The Artist and Society
    1. Art for Art’s Sake
    2. Realism
    3. Social Responsibility
    4. Bibliography
20. XII. Contemporary Developments
    1. Croce and the Metaphysicians
    2. Santayana and Dewey
    3. Semiotic Approaches
    4. Marxism-Leninism
    5. Phenomenology and Existentialism
    6. Empiricism
    7. Bibliography
21. Index

Preface

General Bibliography

I. First Thoughts

BIBLIOGRAPHY

II. Plato

ART AND IMITATION

BEAUTY

MORALITY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

III. Aristotle

THE PROPER PLEASURE OF TRAGEDY

ARISTOTLE’S ANSWER TO PLATO

BIBLIOGRAPHY

IV. The Later Classical Philosophers

HELLENISM AND ROMAN CLASSICISM

PLOTINUS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

V. The Middle Ages

ST. AUGUSTINE

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

THE THEORY OF INTERPRETATION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

VI. The Renaissance

NEOPLATONISM

THEORY OF PAINTING

MUSIC AND POETRY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

VII. The Enlightenment: Cartesian Rationalism

POETICS

THEORY OF PAINTING AND MUSIC

TOWARD A UNIFIED AESTHETICS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

VIII. The Enlightenment: Empiricism

IMAGINATION AND ARTISTIC CREATION

THE PROBLEM OF TASTE: SHAFTESBURY TO HUME

THE AESTHETIC QUALITIES: HOGARTH TO ALISON

BIBLIOGRAPHY

IX. German Idealism

IMMANUEL KANT

OBJECTIVE IDEALISM

BIBLIOGRAPHY

X. Romanticism

THE AESTHETICS OF FEELING

THEORIES OF THE IMAGINATION

SCHOPENHAUER AND NIETZSCHE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

XI. The Artist and Society

ART FOR ART’S SAKE

REALISM

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

XII. Contemporary Developments

CROCE AND THE METAPHYSICIANS

SANTAYANA AND DEWEY

SEMIOTIC APPROACHES

MARXISM-LENINISM

PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIALISM

EMPIRICISM

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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1. Cover Page
2. Begin Reading
3. Copyright Page
4. Acknowledgments
5. Dedication
6. Contents
7. Preface
8. General Bibliography
9. Index