PREFACE
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THEORIES OF ART AS THEORIES OF CONTRAST
Imitation
Representation
The Embodiment of Ideals
Imitation of Feeling
Imitation of a Model
Truth
Appearance and Reality
Artifice and Nature
Beauty
Utility
Style
Subjectivity and Objectivity
Paradox
Unity and Multiplicity
3. THE THEORY OF CONTRAST
The Ordinal Theory
Prevalence and Deviance
Possibility and Actuality
Ordinality and Intensity of Contrast
4. CONTRASTS AND AESTHETIC VALUE: DIMENSIONS AND GENERAL TYPES
The Dimensions of Artisitic Value
Perfection
Invention
Celebration
Nature and the Dimensions of Contrast
General Types of Contrast
Traditionary Contrasts
Intramedial Contrasts
Intermedial Contrasts
Intermodal Contrasts
Intersubjective Contrasts
Integral and Scopic Contrasts
5. CONTRASTS AND AESTHETIC VALUE: SPECIFIC KINDS OF CONTRAST
Types of Contrast
Generality and Specificity
Simplicity and Complexity
Token and Type
Surface and Depth
Beauty and Ugliness
Space
Time
Important Contrasts in Art
Humor
Irony
Violence
Other Modes of Contrast
6. CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION, ILLUSTREMENT
Description
Criticism
Interpretation
Illustrement
Art and Query
Illustrement and Query
INDEX