Philosophy of art, or aesthetics, is the branch of philosophy examining the nature of art and of the experience of art. Art, in this context, is broadly conceived as including the visual arts, literature, poetry, music, and dance.
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  • Metaphysics and Art
    Exploration of the classical and scholastic Philosophy of Art, and a discussion of modern art, especially Kandinsky, in the light of classical thought. By Dr. Piotr Jaroszynski.
  • Class Home Page: Philosophy 361
    Complete Philosophy of Art internet course at California State University, Long Beach. Includes e-texts and extensive links.
  • Developments in Indian Art and Culture
    Explores the philosophical influences on Indian sculpture as well as the value system that created different criterion for expression in the Indian miniature.
  • Aesthetics of Symmetry
    A numerical rating system to judge the visual impact and aesthetics of various motifs operated upon by symmetrical transformations.
  • African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning
    University of Virginia exhibition site emphasizing the formal aesthetic aspects of the objects and the moral and religious ideas they express, beyond cultural boundaries.
  • Trevor Pateman's Selected Works
    Topics in philosophical aesthetics including imagination, formalism, beauty and Rothko.
  • Philosophy and Literature
    Including ideas in the aesthetics of literature, philosophical interpretation of literature, and literary treatment of philosophy, hosted by Project MUSE.
  • Contemporary Art Test
    Criteria for determining quality in contemporary art. Links to Biddington's art business.
  • Architectural Aesthetics
    Aesthetic values explored at the University of Arizona in terms of balance, order, integrity and meaning.
  • The Infography - Aesthetics: Ethical Aspects
    Sources for the study of the ethical aspects of aesthetics.
  • Physics, Philosophy and Art
    Describing 3 views on the world.
  • Aesthetic Judgment
    Philosophical theories about judgments of taste; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Nick Zangwill.
  • Chenguang Lu
    Theory of aesthetics based on dissatisfaction.
  • The End of Art
    Discussion of "The Death of Art" theory at Frostburg State University Philosophical Forum.
  • Transcendental Aesthetics and Writing
    Aesthetics in transcendental literature, including Emerson and Thoreau.
  • Beauty in the Ear of the Beholder
    An essay discussing Eduard Hanslick's theory of the musically beautiful, with links to further information and sound recordings.
  • WCP: Aesthetics and Philosophy of the Arts
    The Paideia Project: Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of Philosophy. Archive of contributed papers in Aesthetics and Philosophy of the Arts.
  • Seven Discourses on Art by Sir Joshua Reynolds
    Download the Project Gutenberg eBook of Seven Discourses on Art by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
  • Aesthetics
    Barry Hartley Slater gives an overview of this branch of philosophy explaining concepts such as sublime, representation, aesthetic value, and expression.From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  • Japanese Aesthetics
    Overview of the most important aesthetic ideas that have arisen in the course of the Japanese philosophical tradition. From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  • 18th Century French Aesthetics
    Jacques Morizot's entry examines the French junction between Enlightenment ideals and the teachings of taste. From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  • ArtLex - Art Dictionary
    Reference material in art, art history, art criticism, aesthetics, and art education. Definitions of thousands of terms, illustrations, quotations, and links to other resources.
  • The Transhistorical Image: Philosophizing Art and its History
    Daniel Herwitz reviews this book by Paul Crowther. From Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
  • B-U-T, a Beauty Puzzle
    Developing web brain, concerned with the puzzling myriad of aspects of the universal phenomenon: beauty.
  • Terrain Gallery
    Based on the philosophic principles of Aesthetic Realism, founded by Eli Siegel. Located in SoHo, New York City.
  • Aesthetics : Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online
    Malcolm Budd's contribution on Aesthetics.
  • Aesthesis
    Weblog devoted to the discussion of aesthetics and art related topics.
  • The Enchantment of Modern Life: Attachments, Crossings, and Ethics
    Stanley Bates reviews this book by Jane Bennett.From Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
  • Thomas Becker's Philosophy about Music
    Composer, Thomas Becker's ideas about beauty and quality in music.
  • Art and Imagination: Implications of Cognitive Science for Moral Education
    Article by Jonathan Rethorst. Reviews the claim that art is good for the soul.
  • Beauty Matters
    Articles and teaching resources on aesthetics, visual art, fashion and the culture of beauty.
  • John Berger Quotes
    Quotations from the writings of the Marxist/humanist art critic, artist and novelist.
  • Adrian Stokes
    Series of articles reviews life and work. Annotated bibliography.
  • Roger Scruton's Books on Aesthetics
    List of Roger Scruton's books including his books on aesthetics and synopsis of each.
  • Beauty and the Beautiful
    A list of recommended websites that are concerned with the nature of beauty. Part of the F.M.'s Webhits directory.
  • Theasif.info
    Exploring virtual reality and the philosophy of art, with methodology, biography, and essays on virtuality.
  • Aesthetics-L
    Mailing list for the exchange of ideas and information about aesthetics and philosophy of art.
  • Jurate Macnoriute. Articles on Art Theory. Painting
    List of articles on art theory by Jurate Macnoriute. Geometric art analysis, proportions, golden section, visual semiotics, painting, colours analysis.

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  • Aesthetics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    URL : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetics
    2 Aesthetics and the philosophy of art. 2.1 What is "art? ... The philosophy of aesthetics has been criticized by some sociologists and ...[2008/11/26]
  • Aesthetics [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
    URL : www.iep.utm.edu/a/aestheti.htm
    Barry Hartley Slater gives an overview of this branch of philosophy explaining concepts such as sublime, representation, aesthetic value, and expression.From the ...[2008/05/11]
  • What is Aesthetics? Aesthetics is the Philosophy of Art, Beauty ...
    URL : atheism.about.com/od/philosophybranches/p/Aesthetics.htm
    Aesthetics almost never comes up in atheists' discussions about religion, but perhaps it should. ... Aesthetics, Philosophy, Politics, and Atheism: ...[2008/11/13]
  • Dewey's Aesthetics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
    URL : plato.stanford.edu/entries/dewey-aesthetics
    He has also had a great deal of influence in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. ... essays in Philosophy and Civilization (Dewey 1931) that address aesthetics. ...[2008/11/05]
  • Feminist Aesthetics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
    URL : plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-aesthetics
    Aesthetics is by nature rather more interdisciplinary than are some other areas ... aesthetics and philosophy of art help to account for the disparate numbers of ...[2008/11/20]
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Philosophy/Aesthetics - Wikipedia, the free ...
    URL : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Philosophy/Aesthetics
    Category:Japanese aesthetics. Category:Philosophy of music ... Suggest or edit an Aesthetics article needing attention:Philosophy pages needing attention ...[2008/11/14]
  • Aesthetics : Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online
    URL : www.rep.routledge.com/article/M046
    Malcolm Budd's contribution on Aesthetics. ... to the philosophy of art and a few specific to the aesthetics of non-art objects. ...[2008/11/29]
  • Wordtrade.com philosophy aesthetics and art
    URL : www.wordtrade.com/philosophy/aesthetics
    header for wordtrade.com ... philosophy con­cerned with art, aesthetics is ... So aesthetics is thereby relegated to the history of art and philosophy prior to ...[2008/10/03]
  • Aesthetics Philosophy
    URL : www.iaswww.com/apr/Society/Philosophy/Aesthetics
    Aesthetics Philosophy Philosophy of art, or aesthetics, is the branch of ... Archive of contributed papers in Aesthetics and Philosophy of the Arts. ...[2008/11/25]
  • aesthetics: Definition from Answers.com
    URL : www.answers.com/topic/aesthetics
    aesthetics or esthetics n. (used with a sing. verb) The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature and expression of beauty, as in the fine[2008/11/24]
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