The Aesthetics of Mimesis: Ancient Texts and Modern Problems by Stephen Halliwell

The Aesthetics of Mimesis: Ancient Texts and Modern Problems

Stephen Halliwell

424 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction art philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Mimesis is one of the oldest, most fundamental concepts in Western aesthetics. This book offers a new, searching treatment of its long history at the center of theories of representational art: above all, in the highly influential writings of Plat...

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