The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture (Routledge Philosophy Companions)

By: Noël Carroll and Jonathan Gilmore

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Synopsis: Comprising 45 chapters, written especially for this volume by an international team of leading experts, The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture is the first handbook of its kind. The editors have organized the chapters across eight broader sections: I ArtformsII HistoryIII Questions of form, style, and addressIV Art and scienceV Comparisons among the artsVI Questions of valueVII Philosophers of artVIII Institutional questions Individual topics include art and cognitive science, evolutionary origins of art, art and perception, pictorial realism, artistic taste, style, issues of race and gender, art and religion, art and philosophy, and the end of art. The work of selected philosophers is also discussed, including Diderot, Hegel, Ruskin, Gombrich, Goodman, Wollheim, and Danto. With an introduction from the editors and comprehensively indexed, The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture serves as a point of entry to the subject for a broad range of students as well as an up-to-date reference for scholars in the field.