An analysis of painting in the light of aesthetic theory

Abstract

Different philosophers have deduced different aesthetic theories by starting with different philosophical as- sumptions. So disagreement with a man1s conclusions may frequently be traced back to disagreement with his first premises. Failure to state these explicitly in the beginning is apt to create misunderstanding on the part of the reader. I am therefore, in order to make my discussion as clear as possible, beginning with a consideration of the nature of reality and the nature of value, since these questions lie at the root of all aesthetic theory.