The Pleasure of Pictures : Pictorial Experience and Aesthetic Appreciation

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. Additional ISBNs1138082147, 1315112647, 0367733986, 9781138082144, 9781315112640, 9780367733988The Pleasure of Pictures: Pictorial Experience and Aesthetic Appreciation 1st Edition and published by Routledge. ISBNs for The Pleasure of Pictures are 9781351622646, 1351622641 and the print ISBNs are 9780367733988, 0367733986. Additional ISBNs include 1138082147, 1315112647, 0367733986, 9781138082144, 9781315112640, 9780367733988.