1st Edition

Plato's Theory of Art

By Rupert C. Lodge Copyright 1953
    324 Pages
    by Routledge

    324 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 2000. This is Volume VII of ten in the International Library of Philosophy in a series on Ancient Philosophy. Written around 1953, this book looks at Plato and his ideas on art based on his ‘Dialogues’.

    Introduction; Chapter One The Background of Hellenic Theories of Art; Chapter Two The Origin of Art; Chapter Three The Nature of Art, I; Chapter Four The Nature of Art, II; Chapter Five The Functions of Art, I; Chapter Six The Functions of Art, II; Chapter Seven The Limitations of Art: How to Meet Them, I; Chapter Eight The Limitations of Art: How to Meet Them, II; Chapter Nine Mimesis; Chapter Ten The Judge in Matters of Art; Chapter Eleven The Aesthetical Value-Judgement; Chapter Twelve Sensation and Aesthetic Quality; Chapter Thirteen Freedom and Artists in the Model City; Chapter Fourteen The Function of Knowledge in Art;

    Biography

    Rupert C Lodge