Contents // Acknowledgments xi // Introduction 1 // What is philosophy? 2 // The analytic philosophy of art 5 // Analysing concepts 7 // Some peculiarities of philosophical research n // The structure of this book 13 // The aims of this book 15 // Chapter 1 Art and representation 18 // Part 1 Art as representation 19 // Art, imitation and representation 19 // The neo-representational theory of art 26 // Part II What is representation? 33 // Pictorial representation 33 // Traditional approaches to pictorial representation 34 // The conventionalist theory of pictorial representation 39 // A neo-naturalist theory of pictorial representation 42 // Representation across the arts 49 // Chapter summary 55 // Annotated reading 56 // Chapter 2 Art and expression 58 // Part 1 Art as expression 59 // The expression theory of art 59 // Objections to the expression theory of art 66 // Part II Theories of expression 79 // What is expression? 79 // Expression, exemplification and metaphor 86 // viii CONTENTS // Some problems with the theory of metaphorical // exemplification 93 // is expression always metaphorical? 95 // Chapter summary 104 // Annotated reading 105 // Chapter 3 Art and form 107 // Part I // Part II // Art as form 108 // Formalism 108 // Objections to formalism 115 // Neoformalism 125 // What is artistic form? 137 // Different views of artistic form 137 // Form and function 142 // Form and appreciation 148 // Chapter summary 152 // Annotated reading 153 // Chapter 4 Art and aesthetic
experience 155 // Part 1 Aesthetic theories of art 156 // Art and aesthetics 156 // The aesthetic definition of art 160 // Two versions of aesthetic experience 168 // Objections to the aesthetic definition of art 174 // Part II The aesthetic dimension 182 // Aesthetic experience revisited 182 // Aesthetic properties 189 // Detection or projection? 192 // Aesthetic experience and the experience of art 200 // Chapter summary 202 // Annotated reading 203 // Chapter 5 Art, definition and identification 205 // Part 1 Against definition 206 // Neo-Wittgensteinianism: art as an open concept 206 // Objections to Neo-Wittgensteinianism 218 // Part II Two contemporary definitions of art 224 // The Institutional Theory of Art 224 // Defining art historically 240 // CONTENTS ix // Part III Identifying art 249 // Definition and identification 249 // Identification and historical narration 251 // Historical narratives: their strengths and weaknesses 258 // Chapter summary 265 // Annotated reading 266 // Index 269