The Creation of Art. New Essays in Philosophical Aesthetics, edited by Berys Gaut and Paisley Livingston, Cambridge University Press, May 2003.
Although creativity, from Plato onwards, has been recognized as a topic in philosophy, it has been overshadowed by investigations of the meanings and values of works of art. In this new collection of essays a distinguished roster of philosophers of art redress this trend. The subjects discussed include the nature of creativity and the process of artistic creation ; the role that creative making should play in our understanding and evaluation of art ; relations between concepts of creation and creativity; and ideas of tradition, metaphor, genius, imagination, and genre.
Contents :
The creation of art : issues and perspectives (B. Gaut and P. Livingston); How to create a fictional character (P. Lamarque); Drawings as drawn : an approach to creation in art (P. Maynard); Pentimento (P. Livingston); Exemplary originality : genius, universality and individuality (P. Guyer); The inexplicable : some thoughts after Kant (T. Cohen); Creativity and imagination (B. Gaut); Explanations of creativity (D. Novitz); Culture, convention and creativity (S. H. Olsen); Art, creativity, and tradition (N. Carroll); Elster on artistic creativity (J. Levinson); The transfiguration of classical Hollywood norms : on Von Sternbergs last films with Dietrich (G. Wilson).