Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-184).
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Paths through reflective territory -- Visual art and the arts-the conditions of interpretation -- The viewer and the aesthetic dimension -- Aesthetic meaning in visual art -- 2. Pictorial space -- Flat surfaces as a 'picture' -- Sol LeWitt -- Agnes Martin -- Rémy Zaugg -- 3. Transformation -- John Chamberlain -- Sofia Hultén -- Louise Bourgeois -- 4. Reference -- Julie Roberts -- Marcel van Eeden -- Amy Simon -- 5. Dimensional split -- Katharina Grosse -- Ai Weiwei -- Danh Vo -- 6. Aesthetic interpretation -- The artwork's world of inclusion and exclusion of the viewer -- The multiple and variable self -- Interpreting visual art, interpreting truth -- Notes -- About the artists -- References