Plates. Notes on Contributors. Preface. Part I: Tradition and the Academy:. Introduction: Alberti and the Formation of Modern Art Theory (Carolyn Wilde). 1. The Classical Concept of Mimesis: Goran Sorbom (University of Uppsala). 2. Medieval Art Theory: Hugh Bredin (The Queen's University of Belfast). 3. Neoplatonist Aesthetics: Suzanne Stern-Gillet (Bolton Institute). 4. Renaissance Art Theories: Francois Quiviger(Warburg Institute). 5. Touch, Tactility, and the Reception of Sculpture in Early Modern Italy: Geraldine Johnson (Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies). 6. The Spiritual Exercises of Leonardo Da Vinci: Robert Williams (University of California, Santa Barbara). 7. Academic Theory 1550-1800: Paul Duro(University of Rochester). 8. Rhetorical Categories of the Academy: Caroline van Eck(Free University). 9. The Picturesque and its Development: Andrew Ballantyne(University of Bath). Part II: Around Modernism:. 10. The Aesthetics of Kant and Hegel: Jason Gaiger(The Open University).. 11. E.H. Gombrich and the Tradition of Hegel : David Summers. 12. German Romanticism and French Aesthetic Theory : Wendy Mercer(University College London). 13. Expression: Natural, Personal, Pictorial: Richard Shiff (University of Austin at Texas). 14. Reading Artists' Words: Richard Hobbs (University of Bristol). 15. Nietzsche and the Artist: Michael White (University of Bristol). 16. Wittgenstein, Description, and Adrian Stokes (on Cezanne): Paul Smith(University of Bristol). 17. Modernism and the Idea of the Avant-Garde : Paul Wood (The Open University). 18. On the Intention of Modern(ist) Art: Fred Orton (University of Leeds). 19. Anti-Art and the Concept of Art: Paul Humble (University of Central Lancashire). 20. Marcel Duchamp's Readymades and Anti-Aesthetic Reflex: David Hopkins(University of Saint Andrews). Part III: Critical Theory and Postmodernism:. 21. Marxism and Critical Art History: David Craven. 22. Walter Benjamin and Art Theory: Howard Caygill(Goldsmiths College). 23. Bakhtin and the Visual Arts: Deborah Haynes(Montana State University). 24. Pierce's Visuality and the Semiotics of Art: Michael Leja(School of Architecture & Planning). 25. Conceptual Art: Charles Harrison (The Open University). 26. Barthes on Art: Margaret Iversen (University of Essex). 27. Foucault and Art: Roy Boyne(University of Durham). 28. Derrida and the Parergon: Robin Marriner (Bath Spa University College). 29. Lyotard's Concept of the Sublime: Rene van de Vall (Maastricht University). 30. Deleuze on Francis Bacon: Ian Heywood (Leeds Metropolitan University). 31. Feminisms and Art Theory: Marsha Meskimmon (University of Loughborough). 32. Psycho-Phallus (Qu'est-ce que c'est?): Mignon Nixon (Courtauld Institute of Art). Part IV: Interpretation and the Institution of Art:. 33. The Rules of Representation: John Willats. 34. Gombrich and Psychology: Richard Woodfield(Nottingham Trent University). 35. Hermeneutics and Art Theory: Nick Davey (University of Dundee). 36. Reciprocity and Reception Theory: Michael Anne Holly (Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts). 37. The Paradox of Creative Interpretation in Art: Carl Hausman (Penn State University). 38. Interdiscipliniarity and Visual Culture: Charlotte Klonk (University of Warwick). 39. Against Curatorial Imperalism: Paul Crowther (University of Oxford). 40. The Institutional Theory of Art: Theory and Anti-Theory: Garry Hagberg (Bard University). Index.