A Companion to Art Theory
艺术理论的伙伴
<b>Paul Smith</b> is Chair of the History of Art department at the University of Warwick. His previous publications include Impressionism: Beneath the Surface (1995), Interpreting C茅zanne (1996) and Seurat and the Avant-Garde (1997). <br /> <p><b>Carolyn Wilde</b> is now retired and was formerly Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Bristol. Her publications include articles on philosophical aesthetics, the most recent of which is 'Style and Value in the Art of Painting' in <i>Richard Wollheim on the Art of Painting</i>, edited by Rob van Gerwen, 2001.</p>
In addition to outlining and describing various theoretical positions, the book's chapters articulate some assumptions that underpin them and raise more general questions about the nature of theorizing about art. In this way the Companion provides both an introduction to main themes of Western art theory and a source for critical enquiry into the purposes, possibilities and limitations of theory in the context of artistic practice.
The work can also be used alongside the three Art in Theory anthologies published by Blackwell, as a further art theory resource.