Pictures and beauty
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 97 (2):177–194 (1997)
| Abstract | What reasons are there to value pictures? I consider one: that pictures enable us to judge, and more than that to savour, the beauty (if any) of the objects they depict. I clarify and defend this claim, tentatively explore what might explain it, consider how far it might generalize beyond beauty to other features of aesthetic interest, and assess its importance for the aesthetics of pictures. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Pictures, value of Painting Beauty | |||||||||
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