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• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Figures
• Preface
• Introduction: Aesthetics and the philosophy of art, an extremely brief history
• I On art and beauty
• II The ancient period
• III The Middle Ages
• IV The modern period
• Chapter 1: Defining art
• I Fountain (1917)
• II On definitions
• III Art as representation
• IV Art as form
• V Art as expression
• VI Art and aesthetic function
• VII On not defining art
• VIII Art and the artworld
• IX Art and art history
• Chapter 2: Interpretation and intention
• I ‘Last Leaf’ (2011)
• II On interpretation
• III The Romantics
• IV Anti-intentionalism
• V Post-structuralism
• VI Intentionalism revisited
• VII Hypothetical intentionalism
• VIII The patchwork theory
• Chapter 3: Aesthetic properties and evaluation
• I Black Square (1915)
• II On evaluation
• III The search for objective beauty
• IV Taste
• V Aesthetic properties
• VI Contextualism
• VII The value of art
• Chapter 4: The ontology of art
• I Alabama Tenant Farmer Wife (1936) and After Walker Evans: 4 (1981)
• II On ontology
• III Artworks as physical objects
• IV Singular and multiple artworks
• V Types and tokens
• VI Constructivism
• VII Mental works and action types
• VIII Rejecting the created-type ontology
• Chapter 5: Emotions and the arts
• I Get Out (2017)
• II On art and emotion
• III The paradox of fiction
• IV The problem of tragedy
• Chapter 6: Art and morality
• I Helena (2000)
• II On ethics and aesthetics
• III Radical moralism and autonomism
• IV Moderate moralism and autonomism
• V Arts funding and censorship
• VI Enjoy the art of immoral artists
• Chapter 7: Art, aesthetics and identity
• I The Good Earth (1932) and The Good Earth (1937)
• II Artistic exclusion
• III Aesthetic exclusion
• IV Authenticity and appropriation
• V Our bodies, ourselves
• Chapter 8: Aesthetics without art
• I Mr Blobby
• II On beauty and nature
• III Natural aesthetics
• IV Environmental aesthetics
• V Everyday aesthetics
• The Yellow Wall-Paper (1892)
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index