CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xiv
5. I. INTRODUCTION 1
6. PART I. ARTS
7. II. THE CLASSICAL LINE 1: ARTS 23
8. III. THE CLASSICAL LINE 2: ARTS OF DISENGAGED COMMUNICATION 58
9. IV. THE CLASSICAL LINE 3: ARTS OF BEAUTY 102
10. V. THE CLASSICAL LINE 4: ARTS OF IMAGINATION 137
11. VI. THE CLASSICAL LINE 5: WHAT WORKS OF ART ARE 145
12. VII. THE CLASSICAL LINE 6: WHAT WORKS OF ART ARE LIKE 192
13. VIII. THE CLASSICAL LINE 7: THE CRITICAL FUNCTION 234
14. PART II. ART
15. X. THE IDEA OF ART 281
16. XI. THE EXPRESSIVE LINE 1: ART AS EXPRESSION 303
17. XII. THE EXPRESSIVE LINE 2: ARTS, WORKS, ARTISTS 346
18. XIII. THE MYSTIC LINE 371
19. XIV. THE PURIST LINE 414
20. XV. CONCLUSION 456
21. APPENDIX A. AESTHETIC THIS AND AESTHETIC THAT 465
22. APPENDIX B. KINDS OF ART 487
23. APPENDIX C. "GOOD" 494
24. NOTES 503
25. BIBLIOGRAPHIC KEY TO WORKS CITED 685
26. INDEX 713