Philosophy of the Arts - An Introduction to Aesthetics

As with previous editions, the book:

- is jargon-free and will appeal 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.