Contemplating Artis a compendium of writings from the last ten years by one of the leading figures in aesthetics, Jerrold Levinson. The twenty-four essays range over issues in general aesthetics and those relating to specific arts--in particular music, film, and literature. It will appeal not only to philosophers but also to musicologists, literary theorists, art critics, and reflective lovers of the arts.
Introduction Part One. Art 1. The Irreducible Historicality of the Concept of Art 2. Artworks as Artifacts 3. Emotion in Response to Art 4. Elster on Artistic Creativity Part Two. Music 5. Sound, Gesture, Space, and the Expression of Emotion in Music 6. Musical Expressiveness as Hearability-as-Expression 7. Non-existent Artforms and the Case of Visual Music 8. Music as Narrative and Music as Drama 9. Film Music and Narrative Agency 10. Evaluating Music 11. Musical Thinking 12. Musical Chills Part Three. Pictures 13. Wollheim on Pictorial Representation 14. What Is Erotic Art? 15. Erotic Art and Pornographic Pictures Part Four. Interpretation 16. Two Notions of Interpretation 17. Who's Afraid of a Paraphrase? 18. Hypothetical Intentionalism: Statement, Objections, and Replies Part Five. Aesthetic Properties 19. Aesthetic Properties, Evaluative Force, and Differences of Sensibility 20. What Are Aesthetic Properties? Part Six. History 21. The Aesthetics of Schopenhauer 22. Hume'sStandard of Taste: The Real Problem Part Seven. Other Matters 23. The Concept of Humour 24. Intrinsic Value and the Notion of a Life
Jerrold Levinsonis Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park. His publications includeMusic, Art, and Metaphysics(1990),The Pleasures of AesthetilL
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