The author, art, and the market: rereading the history of aesthetics

Analyzing The Rise Of Art In The 18th Century, This Treatise Demonstrates How Painting, Sculpture And Literature Were Not Regarded As Valuable Art Forms Before The Emergence Of A New Bourgeois Culture. The Author Reveals How Romantic Poets And Philosophers Invented Art As We Know It Today. Foreword / Arthur C. Danto -- Introduction: Rereading The History Of Aesthetics -- 1. The Interests In Disinterestedness -- 2. Genius And The Copyright -- 3. Aesthetic Autonomy As A Weapon In Cultural Politics: Rereading The Aesthetic Letters -- 4. Aesthetics And The Policing Of Reading -- 5. Engendering Art -- 6. The Uses Of Kant In England. Martha Woodmansee. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.