ABSTRACT
The general aim of this volume is to investigate the nature of the relation between pictorial experience and aesthetic appreciation. In particular, it is concerned with the character and intimacy of this relationship: is there a mere causal connection between pictorial experience and aesthetic appreciation, or are the two relata constitutively associated with one another? The essays in the book’s first section investigate important conceptual issues related to the pictorial experience of paintings. In Section II, the essays discuss the notion of styles, techniques, agency, and facture, and also take into account the experience of photographic and cinematic pictures. The Pleasure of Pictures goes substantially beyond current debates in the philosophy of depiction to launch a new area of reflection in philosophical aesthetics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|53 pages
Appreciation of Artworks
chapter 3|20 pages
It’s a Great Work but I Don’t Like It
part II|126 pages
Pictorial Experience and Aesthetic Appreciation
part III|47 pages
Cinematic Appreciation
part IV|56 pages
Aesthetic Appreciation, Agency and Facture