ABSTRACT

This book provides an introduction into the subject of aesthetics and the problems associated with it. It emphasizes that aesthetics is not strictly a criterion or rule for production or appreciation. The book will be of interest to students of both art and philosophy.

chapter Chapter I|10 pages

The Subject of Æsthetics

chapter Chapter II|4 pages

Good and Bad Taste

chapter Chapter III|10 pages

What is Signified by Beauty? 1

chapter Chapter IV|5 pages

Formal and Representative Art

chapter Chapter V|10 pages

Kinds of Beauty

chapter Chapter VI|8 pages

Expression

chapter Chapter VII|4 pages

Emotion

chapter Chapter VIII|5 pages

Didactic and Protreptic Art 1

chapter Chapter IX|4 pages

The Tasks of Criticism

chapter Chapter X|11 pages

The Genesis of Æsthetic Expressions

chapter Chapter XI|5 pages

Art, Sympathy and Imagination

chapter Chapter XII|5 pages

Self-Criticism (I)

chapter Chapter XIII|10 pages

Self-Criticism (II)

chapter Chapter XIV|5 pages

Classical and Romantic Criticism

chapter Chapter XV|11 pages

Form and Subject in Poetry 1

chapter Chapter XVI|3 pages

Conclusion