Introducing Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art

Darren Hudson Hick uses examples to raise, illustrate and - in some cases - complicate philosophical issues about art and aesthetics. This 3rd edition now includes a fresh set of more varied case studies that draw on African, Asian and continental traditions and feature classical Chinese calligraphy, Simon Morris's Getting Inside Jack Kerouac's Head, Sol LeWitt's wall drawings and tribal artifacts. Addressing problems about identity, morality and appropriation dominating recent aesthetics, it introduces an array of theories and arguments about contemporary art.