The arts and the art of criticism
Edition: [2d ed.].
Publisher: Princeton Univ. Press
Published: 1947
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 690
Subjects: Criticism; Kunstkritik; Aesthetics; Art; Philosophy and aesthetics; Philosophy; Music; Musikkritik; Ästhetik; Literaturkritik
Notes: Includes music.

Includes index.

Bibliographical footnotes.
Table of contents: title: The artistic categories and the matter of art. The categories of art ; The matter of music ; The matter of the dance ; The matter of architecture ; The matter of sculpture and painting ; The matter of literature; title: Artistic form. The nature and analysis of artistic form ; The structural ingredients of a work of art ; Basic "manners of treatment" in the six major arts ; Generic compositional patterns in the six major arts ; Three inter-medial factors of artistic unity; title: Artistic content. Art as an expressive vehicle ; The artist's approach to his subject-matter ; The goal of artistic cognition ; Artistic expression ; Types of artistic content ; Expression of universals in painting ; The portrayal of individuals in sculpture and painting, and the role of specificity in art ; The expressive potentialities and limitations of the major arts; title: Principles of criticism. The nature and criteria of criticism ; Artistic style ; Artistic quality and perfection ; Artistic truth ; Artistic greatness ; Conclusion; title: Supplementary essay: A discussion of the expressed content of Beethoven's Third Symphony, by Roy Dickinson Welch.