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18th Century French Aesthetics - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aesthetics-18th-french/ Jacques Morizot's entry examines the French junction between Enlightenment ideals and the teachings of taste. From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Adrian Stokes - http://adrianstokes.com/ Series of articles reviews life and work. Annotated bibliography.

Aesthesis - http://aesthesis.atlblogs.com Weblog devoted to the discussion of aesthetics and art related topics.

Aesthetic Judgment - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aesthetic-judgment/ Philosophical theories about judgments of taste; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Nick Zangwill.

Aesthetics - http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/aestheti.htm Barry Hartley Slater gives an overview of this branch of philosophy explaining concepts such as sublime, representation, aesthetic value, and expression.From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Aesthetics : Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online - http://www.rep.routledge.com/article/M046 Malcolm Budd's contribution on Aesthetics.

Aesthetics of Symmetry - http://home.earthlink.net/~jdc24/symmetry.htm A numerical rating system to judge the visual impact and aesthetics of various motifs operated upon by symmetrical transformations.

African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning - http://www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/RMC/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.html University of Virginia exhibition site emphasizing the formal aesthetic aspects of the objects and the moral and religious ideas they express, beyond cultural boundaries.

Architectural Aesthetics - http://architecture.arizona.edu/courses/arc103/trad103/tutorials/fundamentals/aesthetics/aesthetics.html Aesthetic values explored at the University of Arizona in terms of balance, order, integrity and meaning.

Art and Imagination: Implications of Cognitive Science for Moral Education - http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/EPS/PES-yearbook/97_docs/rethorst.html Article by Jonathan Rethorst. Reviews the claim that art is good for the soul.

ArtLex - Art Dictionary - http://www.artlex.com/ Reference material in art, art history, art criticism, aesthetics, and art education. Definitions of thousands of terms, illustrations, quotations, and links to other resources.

B-U-T, a Beauty Puzzle - http://b-u-t.info Developing web brain, concerned with the puzzling myriad of aspects of the universal phenomenon: beauty.

Beauty and the Beautiful - http://fmswebhits.francis-was-here.me.uk/webhits-beaut.htm A list of recommended websites that are concerned with the nature of beauty. Part of the F.M.'s Webhits directory.

Beauty in the Ear of the Beholder - http://beautymatters.blogspot.com/2000_01_02_beautymatters_archive.html An essay discussing Eduard Hanslick's theory of the musically beautiful, with links to further information and sound recordings.

Beauty Matters - http://beautymatters.blogspot.com Articles and teaching resources on aesthetics, visual art, fashion and the culture of beauty.

Chenguang Lu - http://survivor99.com/lcg/english/ Theory of aesthetics based on dissatisfaction.

Class Home Page: Philosophy 361 - http://www.csulb.edu/~jvancamp/361/ Complete Philosophy of Art internet course at California State University, Long Beach. Includes e-texts and extensive links.

Contemporary Art Test - http://www.biddingtons.com/content/shechtertest.html Criteria for determining quality in contemporary art. Links to Biddington's art business.

Developments in Indian Art and Culture - http://india_resource.tripod.com/art.html Explores the philosophical influences on Indian sculpture as well as the value system that created different criterion for expression in the Indian miniature.

Japanese Aesthetics - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/japanese-aesthetics/ Overview of the most important aesthetic ideas that have arisen in the course of the Japanese philosophical tradition. From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

John Berger Quotes - http://thinkexist.com/quotes/john_berger Quotations from the writings of the Marxist/humanist art critic, artist and novelist.

Metaphysics and Art - http://www.vaxxine.com/hyoomik/lublin/art.htm Exploration of the classical and scholastic Philosophy of Art, and a discussion of modern art, especially Kandinsky, in the light of classical thought. By Dr. Piotr Jaroszynski.

On Connoisseurship - http://www.highlands.com/art/ Art connoisseur Richard de Koster brings with various ideas about the role of the artist in society, based on a 1994 exhibition at the Boston Institute of Fine Arts.

Philosophy and Literature - http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/philosophy_and_literature/ Including ideas in the aesthetics of literature, philosophical interpretation of literature, and literary treatment of philosophy, hosted by Project MUSE.

Physics, Philosophy and Art - http://huizen.daxis.nl/~henkt/physics-philosophy-art.html Describing 3 views on the world.

Roger Scruton's Books on Aesthetics - http://www.rogerscruton.com/rs-books.html List of Roger Scruton's books including his books on aesthetics and synopsis of each.

Seven Discourses on Art by Sir Joshua Reynolds - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2176 Download the Project Gutenberg eBook of Seven Discourses on Art by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Terrain Gallery - http://www.terraingallery.org Based on the philosophic principles of Aesthetic Realism, founded by Eli Siegel. Located in SoHo, New York City.

The Enchantment of Modern Life: Attachments, Crossings, and Ethics - http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=1260 Stanley Bates reviews this book by Jane Bennett.From Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

The End of Art - http://faculty.frostburg.edu/phil/forum/Art.htm Discussion of "The Death of Art" theory at Frostburg State University Philosophical Forum.

The Infography - Aesthetics: Ethical Aspects - http://www.infography.com/content/411158825462.html Sources for the study of the ethical aspects of aesthetics.

The Transhistorical Image: Philosophizing Art and its History - http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=1210 Daniel Herwitz reviews this book by Paul Crowther. From Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

Theasif.info - http://members.aol.com/rrumpledsilkskin/rmplweb1.htm Exploring virtual reality and the philosophy of art, with methodology, biography, and essays on virtuality.

Thomas Becker's Philosophy about Music - http://www.tbecker.net/main/philosophy-english.htm Composer, Thomas Becker's ideas about beauty and quality in music.

Transcendental Aesthetics and Writing - http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/ Aesthetics in transcendental literature, including Emerson and Thoreau.

Trevor Pateman's Selected Works - http://www.selectedworks.co.uk/index.html Topics in philosophical aesthetics including imagination, formalism, beauty and Rothko.

WCP: Aesthetics and Philosophy of the Arts - http://www.bu.edu/wcp/MainAest.htm The Paideia Project: Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of Philosophy. Archive of contributed papers in Aesthetics and Philosophy of the Arts.

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