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This book has grown out of lectures to students at the University of Michigan and embodies effort to express to them the nature and meaning of art. In writing it, the author have sought to maintain scientific accuracy, yet at the same time to preserve freedom of style and something of the inspiration of the subject. While intended primarily for students, the book will appeal to people who are interested in the intelligent appreciation of art. For the broader philosophy of art to the artists and philosophers during the period from Herder to Hegel, who gave to the study its greatest development, and among contemporaries, to Croce and Lipps. The appended bibliography is, of course, not intended to be in any sense adequate, but is offered merely as a guide to further reading a complete bibliography would itself demand almost a volume. Table of Contents Introduction: Purpose and Method Chapter 1: The Definition of Art Chapter 2: The Intrinsic Value of Art Chapter 3: The Analysis of the Aesthetic Experience: The Elements of the Experience Chapter 4: The Analysis of the Aesthetic Experience: The Structure of the Experience Chapter 5: The Problem of Evil in Aesthetics, and its Solution through the Tragic, Pathetic, and Comic Chapter 6: The Standard of Taste Chapter 7: The Aesthetics of Music Chapter 8: The Aesthetics of Poetry Chapter 9: Prose Literature Chapter 10: The Dominion of Art over Nature: Painting Chapter 11: The Dominion of Art over Nature: Sculpture Chapter 12: Beauty in the Industrial Arts: Architecture Chapter 13: The Function of Art: Art and Morality Chapter 14: The Function of Art: Art and Religion.