JAAC - The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

volume 61 number 1 (winter 2003)

Notes from the Editor
1

 

articles

Jokes Are a Laughing Matter
peter kivy
5

Why Philosophy of Art Cannot Handle Kissing, Touching, and Crying
nicholas wolterstorff
17

The Nature of Concepts and the Definition of Art
jeffrey t. dean
29

Rock Art Aesthetics and Cultural Appropriation
thomas heyd
37

 

symposium

How Museums Do Things with Artworks

How Museums Do Things without Words
tiffany sutton
47

Being True to Artists
ivan gaskell
53

Remembering the Past: Art Museums as Memory Theaters
david carrier
61

 

discussion

Problems with Contextualizing Aesthetic Properties
robert fudge
67

Response to Robert Fudge
marcia muelder eaton
70

 

book reviews

Peter Kivy, The Possessor and the Possessed: Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and the Idea
of Musical Genius

Reviewed by stephen davies
73

Kirk Pillow, Sublime Understanding: Aesthetic Reflection in Kant and Hegel
Reviewed by robert wicks
74

William Irwin, Intentionalist Interpretation: A Philosophical Explanation and Defense
Reviewed by sherri irvin
77

Allen Carlson, Aesthetics and the Environment: The Appreciation of Nature, Art, and
Architecture

Reviewed by ronald moore
78

Elizabeth Grosz, Architecture from the Outside
David Leatherbarrow, Uncommon Ground: Architecture, Technology, and Topography
Reviewed by joseph kupfer
81

Caroline Joan S. Picart, Thomas Mann and Friedrich Nietzsche: Eroticism, Death,
Music, and Laughter

Caroline Joan S. Picart, Resentment and the "Feminine" in Nietzsche's Politico-Aesthetics
Reviewed by thomas leddy