The third edition of the acclaimed Routledge Companion to Aesthetics contains over sixty chapters written by leading international scholars covering all aspects of aesthetics. This companion opens with an historical overview of aesthetics including entries on Plato Aristotle Kant Nietzsche Heidegger Adorno Benjamin Foucault Goodman and Wollheim. The second part covers the central concepts and theories of aesthetics including the definitions of art taste the value of art beauty imagination fiction narrative metaphor and pictorial representation. Part three is devoted to issues and challenges in aesthetics including art and ethics art and religion creativity environmental aesthetics and feminist aesthetics. The final part addresses the individual arts including music photography film videogames literature theater dance architecture and design. With ten new entries and revisions and updated suggestions for further reading throughout The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics is essential for anyone interested in aesthetics art literature and visual studies. . Language: English