Aesthetics and Painting

<i>Aesthetics and Painting </i>introduces and opens up current debates and ideas in the aesthetics of painting. At the book's center is an investigation of the complex relationship between what a painting depicts and the means by which it is depicted. The book looks at: how and why painting may be distinguished from other art forms; the relationship between the painted surface and the depicted subject; the rules of representation specific to painting; abstract art and nonrepresentational painting; the most recent technological and aesthetic developments and their implications; the role of the artist-and that of the spectator. A sophisticated treatment of major ideas in art and philosophy <i>Aesthetics and Painting </i>remains highly readable throughout offering a clear and coherent account of the nature of painting as an art form.