This is the first collection of essays focused on the many-faceted work of Kendall L. Walton. Walton has shaped debate about the arts for the last 50 years. He

Representations—in visual arts and in fiction—play an important part in our lives and culture. Kendall Walton presents here a theory of the nature of repres

A major question in studies of aesthetic expression is how we can understand and explain similarities and differences among different forms of representation. I

What is art? What counts as an aesthetic experience? Does art have to beautiful? Can one reasonably dispute about taste? What is the relation between aesthetic

A collection of essays on Wollheim's philosophy of art; includes a response from Wollheim himself.