Art and its Objects

This book is an influential study of the central questions and philosophical issues raised by art.

Richard Wollheim (Author)

9781107113800, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 15 October 2015

200 pages
23.5 x 15.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.4 kg

'This concise, elegant and wide-ranging book has established itself as an indispensable text.' London Review of Books

Richard Wollheim's classic reflection on art considers central questions regarding expression, representation, style, the significance of the artist's intention and the essentially historical nature of art. Presented in a fresh series livery for the twenty-first century, with a specially commissioned preface written by Richard Eldridge, illuminating its continuing importance and relevance to philosophical enquiry, Art and its Objects continues to be a perceptive and engaging introduction to the questions and philosophical issues raised by works of art and the part they play in our culture and society. Wollheim's insights into theories of art, criticism, perception and the nature of aesthetic value make this one of the most influential works on aesthetics of the twentieth century.

Preface to this edition Richard Eldridge
Preface to the second edition
The argument
Art and its objects
Supplementary essays
1. The Institutional theory of art
2. Are the criteria of identity for works of art aesthetically relevant?
3. A note on the physical object hypothesis
4. Criticism of retrieval
5. Seeing-as, seeing-in and pictorial representation
6. Art and evaluation
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP], Theory of art [ABA]