Paul Crowther is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He was formerly Reader in Aesthetics and the History of Art at Oxford University. Of his many monographs, the most recent is How Pictures Complete Us: The Beautiful, the Sublime, and the Divine.

"...The book makes a welcome contribution to the philosophy of the visual arts, offering a much-needed theoretical alternative to continental philosophy for practice-based doctoral theses. ...Overall, the book is a timely contribution which responds to growing interest within the field."- Journal of Visual Art Practice

• List of fi gures List of plates AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Drawing and Painting in the Age of Networks1. The Cognitive Function of the Image2. Origins of Drawing and Painting: the Hominid Creation of Aesthetic Space3. The Phenomenology of Drawing and Painting4. A Bigger Picture: Drawing, Painting, and the Structure of Aesthetic Space5. Art’s Eternalization of the Moment6. The Aesthetic Space of Abstract Art7. Conditions of Creativity: Drawing and Painting with ComputersConclusion: Drawing and Painting at the Limits of Art Bibliography Index

Paul Crowther is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He was formerly Reader in Aesthetics and the History of Art at Oxford University. Of his many monographs, the most recent is How Pictures Complete Us: The Beautiful, the Sublime, and the Divine.

"...The book makes a welcome contribution to the philosophy of the visual arts, offering a much-needed theoretical alternative to continental philosophy for practice-based doctoral theses. ...Overall, the book is a timely contribution which responds to growing interest within the field."- Journal of Visual Art Practice

• List of fi gures List of plates AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Drawing and Painting in the Age of Networks1. The Cognitive Function of the Image2. Origins of Drawing and Painting: the Hominid Creation of Aesthetic Space3. The Phenomenology of Drawing and Painting4. A Bigger Picture: Drawing, Painting, and the Structure of Aesthetic Space5. Art’s Eternalization of the Moment6. The Aesthetic Space of Abstract Art7. Conditions of Creativity: Drawing and Painting with ComputersConclusion: Drawing and Painting at the Limits of Art Bibliography Index

Paul Crowther is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He was formerly Reader in Aesthetics and the History of Art at Oxford University. Of his many monographs, the most recent is How Pictures Complete Us: The Beautiful, the Sublime, and the Divine.

"...The book makes a welcome contribution to the philosophy of the visual arts, offering a much-needed theoretical alternative to continental philosophy for practice-based doctoral theses. ...Overall, the book is a timely contribution which responds to growing interest within the field."- Journal of Visual Art Practice

• List of fi gures List of plates AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Drawing and Painting in the Age of Networks1. The Cognitive Function of the Image2. Origins of Drawing and Painting: the Hominid Creation of Aesthetic Space3. The Phenomenology of Drawing and Painting4. A Bigger Picture: Drawing, Painting, and the Structure of Aesthetic Space5. Art’s Eternalization of the Moment6. The Aesthetic Space of Abstract Art7. Conditions of Creativity: Drawing and Painting with ComputersConclusion: Drawing and Painting at the Limits of Art Bibliography Index