Editors
JONATHAN GILMORE, CUNY Graduate Center and Baruch College
SANDRA SHAPSHAY, CUNY Graduate Center and Hunter College
About the journal
The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism publishes current research articles, symposia, special issues, and timely book reviews in aesthetics and the arts.
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Most Popular
How should we measure the popularity of a journal article? Popularity is fickle, and any attempt to present a short list of JAAC’s most popular articles will vary on the basis of the year the list is produced and the operational measure of popularity.
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Call for Proposals
The Editors actively seek proposals for Special Issues and Symposia.
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Prizes
The John Fisher Memorial Prize in Aesthetics is awarded to an original essay in aesthetics, created in memory of the late John Fisher, editor of The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism from 1973 to 1988.
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Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature
The aesthetic appreciation of nature was an important topic in the eighteenth century, when the discipline of aesthetics was born, but by the nineteenth, the emphasis had shifted to the philosophy of art and this trend only accelerated in the twentieth century.
