This is the first collection of essays focused on the many-faceted work of Kendall L. Walton. Walton has shaped debate about the arts for the last 50 years. He

Representations in visual arts and fiction play an important part in our lives and culture. Walton presents a theory of the nature of representation, which show

A major question in studies of aesthetic expression is how we can understand and explain similarities and differences among different forms of representation. I

Real Likenesses presents a radical new approach to artistic representation. At its heart is a serious reconsideration of the relationship between medium and con

What is art? What counts as an aesthetic experience? Does art have to beautiful? Can one reasonably dispute about taste? What is the relation between aesthetic