General Resources
Aesthetic Realism Foundation
Arts and Humanities Data Service
Cognitive Science, Humanities and the Arts
A collection of interdisciplinary resources.
Feminist Theory Website
Contains feminist articles on aesthetics – in English, French and Spanish.
The Gombrich Archive
Archive of works by E H Gombrich.
Mind and Music
“A forum for music and ideas.”
The Natural Forces Bringing the “Do, Re, Me” Scale Into Existence in the Origin of Music
By Robert Fink.
Paleoaesthetique
Exploring the aesthetics of stone age art – in English and French.
Ancient to Postmodern Art History
Shows the evolution of several types of art, and links to many interesting websites. Many thanks to Professor Beverly King for the link.
Online E-texts
Aristotle: Poetics
Translated by S H Butcher; part of the Internet Classics Archive.
Croce, Benedetto: Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
Hosted by Project Gutenberg.
Danto, Arthur C: critical writings for The Nation magazine
Links to Danto’s art reviews on The Nation website.
Dickie, George: homepage
Homepage of George Dickie at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Links to online articles and books to buy.
Kandinsky, Wassily: Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Hosted by Project Gutenberg.
Kant, Immanuel: Critique of Judgment
Translated by James Creed Meredith and hosted by the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Idaho.
Pater, Walter Horatio: Plato and Platonism
Please see Chapter 10, “Plato’s Aesthetics.”
Tatarkiewicz, Wladislaw: Letters to Kazimierz Twardowski
Letters from the great Polish aesthetician and author of a History of Aesthetics, together with an introduction. From the Polish philosophy page at the Universita’ degli Studi de Catania’s website.
Tolstoy, Leo: What Is Art?
Excerpts from his book, hosted by the website of California State University, Long Beach.
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Journals
Aristos
An online review of the arts.
British Journal of Aesthetics
Subscription only, unfortunately – but there is a good sample issue you can read.
Canadian Aesthetics Journal
In English and French.
College Art Association Online Reviews
Contemporary Aesthetics
Figures de l’Art
In French.
Film-Philosophy
Film and Philosophy journal
The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
Journal of Aesthetic Education
n.paradoxa
“The only international feminist art journal.”
Parol
Arts and epistemology journal – in Italian.
Societies
Aesthetics on-line
Official site of the American Society for Aesthetics. Contains articles and links.
British Society of Aesthetics
Centre for Research in Philosophy and Literature
From the University of Warwick.
Centro Internazionale Studi di Estetica
In English and Italian.
International Institute of Applied Aesthetics
In English and Finnish.
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